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From: greg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Gregory James)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Syquest-based drives?
Summary: PLI Turbo 40
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Date: 14 Nov 89 22:02:17 GMT
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I bought a PLI Turbo 40 when the price first dropped to $1299(US).  Since
then, ownership has been a mixed bag.

Like the fellow with the Mass Micro system, my Turbo 40 was very prone
to overheating, and it had the annoying tendency to crash about once
per month, requiring software repair.  There has never been a hard
crash.

In June, this condition became unacceptable, so I had to ship it back
to California.  They took an unacceptably long time to repair it,
and then goofed up the shipping back -twice- despite the fact that
I told them specifically how to avoid problems (avoid UPS and put
the proper customs documents on the outside).

That aside, the drive now works -very- well, except that if you forget
to turn it on before you boot your Mac, you have to re-boot, and the
fact that it is noisy as Hell.  As soon as I get a new desk I'm sticking
this sucker in a drawer or something.

I have also had experience with Ehman Engineering.  I ordered a drive
for a friend (I was the one with the MasterCard).  They obeyed my
instructions about UPS, and the drive arrived promptly.  It formatted
fine, and we found the documentation and software acceptable.

Greg James
greg@cpsc.ucalgary.ca