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From: vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (James Van Leeuwen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MicrO hard drives-- anyone know anything about them?
Keywords: MicrOtyme, hard drives
Message-ID: <1990Aug3.011659.15745@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 90 01:16:59 GMT
References: <1261@unicorn.WWU.EDU>
Reply-To: vanleeuw@udcps3.cps.udayton.edu (James Van Leeuwen)
Organization: The University of Dayton Computer Science Department, Dayton, Ohio
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In article <1261@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8742883@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Perry Pederson) writes:
>As I continue my quest for the *perfect* hard drive, I did some 
>calling around and was surprised to find that a mail order company
>by the name of MicrOtyme is selling fully functional out-of-the-box 
>(i.e. no assembly required) hard drives for very low prices. 
>
>The brand of the hard drive is called "MicrO", which would make me 
>assume that the hard drives are actually built by the mail ordering
>company itself.
>
>I was wondering if anyone has purchased "MircO" hard drives, and if
>so, I'd like to know how well they work.  I called up a sales clerk,
>and made her swear on the bible that the Micro drives do not require
>assembly or any additional parts or labor.

Perry,

I own one of them and it's great!  She didn't lie, no assembly required.
They format and partition it for you and it comes in a shoebox style case.
I've taken it apart once and all they do is take an ICD Host Adapter 
and attach it to a Seagate mechinism.  After about a year, I've had no
problems at all (I have one of the first ones).  

I just found out that they have a 44MB Syquest removable drive for $799,
yes, $799 complete.  Additional cartridges are $99 at the time of purchase
or $109 later.  

Jim
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