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From: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Internal 70-100mb HD recommendations wanted
Message-ID: <3430@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 28 Oct 89 03:37:07 GMT
References: <1185@lzsc.ATT.COM> <2195@draken.nada.kth.se>
Reply-To: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
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In article <2195@draken.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
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>I moved this out of comp.sys.mac, as I don't want to see
>ANY hardware questions in comp.sys.mac.
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>In article <1185@lzsc.ATT.COM> mkg@lzsc.ATT.COM (Marsh Gosnell) writes:
>>I'm looking for an 70-100mb hard disk to put in a IIci or IIcx (I haven't
>>decided which to buy yet).
>
>>good comments about the MicroNet MacWren (a half-height 5 1/4 with a unique
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>The Wren series is manufactured by Imprimis, a subsidary of CDC corporation.
>CDC have always made good drives.
>
>>good things about Rodimes.
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>Rodimes are OK. Not great, but OK.
>
>>I'd appreciate your comments on these or other drives.  
>
>Have you checked Maxtor ? They make excellent drives, at least they
>have served well (still do) in UNIX environment.
>
>Of course, these drives you have to buy "in pieces" and assemble
>yourself (if you want P/S or case) but for internal mounting,
>the most you'll need is a bracket or two.
>
>Happy Hacking !
>					h+@nada.kth.se
>					== h+@proxxi.se
>-- 
>Chaste makes waste.

We have had a very high number of Maxstor 380MB drives fail in the last few 
months on our Sun 3/60 showboxes and typesetters. Wew are presently getting
ready to swicth to Imprimis drives. We are using Imprimis 1 Gigabyte
drives and have been very happy with them.

The way the Maxstors fail is that they will not spin up. I was able to save
one drive's worth of data by turning the drive from horizontal to vertical
. It managed to stay up long enoough so that I could do a dump to another 
machine.

Someone told me that the Imprimis division of CDC had been sold to Segate.
Any truth to the rumor?