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From: 2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Experience with Toshiba 3 1/2 inch double sided drives?
Message-ID: <19153@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 89 18:53:48 GMT
References: <3156@csv.viccol.edu.au>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Any info appreciated.
> 
> --
> Tim Cook     Systems Administrator, Victoria College Computer Services
> 
> parrot - n.  An animal that has the ability to imitate man, but not the
>              intelligence to refrain from doing so.
I have a Toshiba DSDD drive, and it is excellent.

Not only is it slightly faster than the standard Atari drives, but it 
also reads and writes past track 80 reliably.  I use DC Format to stuff
more than 800K onto my disks with no trouble.

They are also cheaper than Atari drives.  I picked mine up for $99 (US).

--Jim Sisul
The University of Kansas