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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Which SCSI disk and tape drives for
Summary: We'll be watching for long-term impact of CDC/Imprimis takeover
Message-ID: <64@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jun 90 18:22:13 GMT
References: <26250@dircon.uucp> <29600006@adaptex>
Reply-To: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
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In article <29600006@adaptex> neese@adaptex.UUCP writes:
>
>I deal a lot with the Imprimis engineers and I can tell you that things
>are running as before.  They are still recognized as the class act of the
>hard disk world.

I hope this remains the case. I have a lot of respect for the engineers
at CDC/Imprimis and their small disk drives, but a number of items
encountered since the purchase lead some of us to watch and wait. Among
these: 1) the phone changeover to a 900-service, requiring you to PAY
at some unspecified rate to talk to Technical Support; 2) pending 
litigation by, I believe, Conner charging that Seagate is holding up
critical drive parts formerly provided by CDC; and 3) a posting recently
that spare parts are becoming harder to obtain since the takeover.