Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rf1m+ From: rf1m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Vernon Ford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Syquest-based drives? Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 89 02:01:37 GMT Organization: Class of '90, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 20 This is another Pro Microtech post. A friend of mine and I researched SyQuest drives earlier this semester, looking at both Ehman and Microtech. Microtech had the superior reputation, but we investigated Ehman as well. Ehman made us wait along time on the phone when we were looking for information about their product, we got the impression their service/tech support dept is very small. We weren't impressed talking to their rep. They didn't do anything to dissuade our pro-Microtech leanings. Because we were college students, Microtech offered to drop their price into the$850/$950 range, and in addition threw in a terminator and all cables we needed We didn't ever have to wait long on the phone to talk to someone there, they delivered the equipment promptly as promised and it has run reliably for the past 2 months. I haven't used their backup or other software enough to comment. It won't wow you, but has the reputation of being superior to Ehmans. Microtech got two sales from us. I hope they keep up the good work. -Richard Ford