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From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Experience with Toshiba 3 1/2 inch double sided drives?
Summary: They're pretty good, but not at that price!
Message-ID: <1661@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 24 Nov 89 03:14:26 GMT
References: <3156@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
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In article <3156@csv.viccol.edu.au> timcc@csv.viccol.edu.au (Tim Cook) writes:
>Before I go out and buy one,
>
>Has anyone out there got any first-hand horror stories on Toshiba 3 1/2 "
>double sided drive mechanisms?  I am told they are "very reliable", but
>then it was the person who would be selling me one who said that.

The Toshiba drives are quite reliable.  Many people use them as
replacement drives.  Personally, I had a problem with one when I tried
to hook it up to the ST.  If you get one, make sure you have the ND-354,
or the ND-352A.  The one I had problems with what the ND-352.  I believe
they replaced that with the A model.

>This would be a mechanism suitable for replacing an SF354 mechanism (single
>sided).
>
>I was offered a 6 month warranty if I installed the mechanism (into my own
>modified SF354 case) myself, or a 12 month warranty if it was installed by
>the dealer.  Are these values reasonable?  I'm looking at A$200 for DIY,
>A$250 for dealer installed and 12 month warranty, or A$220 for DIY and 12
>month warranty (presumably after the dealer has ratified the installation).
>
>The Australian dollar currently buys about 77 US cents.

$200 Australian dollars is about $154 dollars US, which is WAY more than
the drive sells for here.  You can get them for 1/2 that price.  A guy
in our user group paid $70 for a brand new one not a month ago.
Consider mail ordering from a US company, such as Lyco computer.


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