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From: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Second 3.5" drive
Summary: American Micro Research
Message-ID: <9166@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 89 00:32:41 GMT
References: <8911210204.AA19305@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <8911210204.AA19305@en.ecn.purdue.edu> ditz@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Michael R Ditz) writes:
>disk drive.  I would like to buy another 3.5" but don't want to pay Apple's
>price.  I just saw an add for drives by American Micro Research.  I then
>saw them priced by a company for $185.  If anyone has any type of 3.5" drive
>and wishes to comment on its quality, I would greatly appreciate it.  I can
>be reached using the address above.
>
>                     Mike

The "unofficial" word from Ohio Kache Systems is that the AMR drive is
the ONLY Apple 3.5 Drive compatible available.  I had called with
problems on my II Plus and their Kache Card, and the first question was
whether I had an "Apple 3.5 Drive" or another 3.5 drive.  I got the
impression that the non-Apple 3.5 Drives give more problems (and my
benchmarks have shown other drives to be 6.4 times slower than the Apple
3.5 Drive when attached to a Laser UDC), and OKS wanted to see if my
problems were due to an inferior drive.  I have the Apple 3.5 Drive, but
the developer at OKS said the AMR drive was equivalent.  I also got the
impression that he didn't want me to repeat this (if you're listening,
sorry :-), probably because OKS doen't want to be in a position of
supporting the AMR drive.  So take this recommendation for what little
its worth.

Brian Willoughby
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