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From: jg2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jude Anand George)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Syquest-based drives?
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Date: 8 Nov 89 03:18:11 GMT
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wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes:
> Micortech will usually drop the price on their drives to $850-$950 if you
> give them a call.  For the 2 year warranty (hardware)/1 year warranty
> (cartridge), usable software, and very helpful service; it might be worth
> the extra cash.

I purchased an R45 & disk for $850 over the summer, in a 2-person group deal.
However, when my drive showed up, it wouldn't read!  It would just
flash an "SOS" error code on the red and green indicator lights.  So I
sent it back and asked them to fix it.  But when they got it, they
called me and said there was nothing wrong with it!  And sure enough,
when I got it back, it worked fine.  Now, I would just write this off
to luck, but I remember that someone had earlier posted on the net (or
was it at CMU?) that exactly the same thing happened to them!  Perhaps
Microtech is fixing the drives, and refuses to let us believe that
they were faulty in the first place.

Since then, though, I've had absolutely no problem with it.  People
have also questioned whether it can be left on indefinitely and used
as primary storage.  Well, I've had mine on continuously, usually with
the same disk in it, for 2 months now.

> BTW: the MicroTech drive is very quiet; you can tell it is running, but
> it is far from disturbing.

I agree... I can't hear it at all with my Mac II running, except on a
read or write.

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