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From: david_islander_hughes@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Info wanted on Jasmine DirectDrive
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Date: 20 Jan 90 02:10:21 GMT
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Initially we used an SE (1 meg) with a built-in 20 meg hard drive on our apple
system here at the newspaper. It was slow. 

I determined that since our staff had grown and our mac population had also
more than doubled we needed a bigger HD. So, I obtained a 100 Meg Jasmine DD
and attached it to a plus.

The SE's CPU speed was needed for faster pagemaker pagination.

Lo and behold the server's speed was more than doubled on the network. I swear
by Jasmine. It has run for four months 24 hours a day (except for our island's
periodic power outages) without a whimper.

I recommend them without reservation.

Dave Hughes
Mas systems manager/ news editor
Guam Tribune
Agana Guam
(Check out our news from the islands on portal)