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From: Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: hard drives
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Date: 16 Mar 90 14:00:05 GMT
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In an article of <14 Mar 90 21:21:50 GMT>, kanefsky@cs.umn.edu (Steve Kanefsky) 
writes:

 SK>In article <14674.25FD9F52@stjhmc.fidonet.org> 
 SK>Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores) writes:
 SK>>
 SK>>My reccomendation would be for an external Quantum 80.
 SK>
 SK>At current street prices, a Quantum 105 is a much better deal than a 
 SK>Quantum 80. A good price for an external Quantum 80 is $659 (APS, 
 SK>1-800-233-7550), which comes to about $8.24/MB, whereas the price
 SK>for an external Quantum 105 at the same place is $729, or $6.94/MB.
 SK>Both these drives have similar mechanisms, access times, etc.

Yes - that was an oops! I have the 105 and for the same reason. I had just 
finished answereing a batch of inquiries viz the 80. Quantum's drives are top 
notch PLUS the two year warranty.

Leo Bores, M.D.





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