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From: dolf@fwi.uva.nl (Dolf Starreveld)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quantum 120 meg drives - Any experiences
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Date: 14 Aug 90 11:29:48 GMT
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BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Bob Bolt) writes:

> I have been hearing some very good things about hard drives from Alliance
> Peripheral Systems (APS). I called them to order a Quantum 105 meg drive
> and the salesperson tried very hard to sell me a 120 meg drive. At $769,
> it is only $70 more than the 105 meg drive and he said it is much faster.
> Apparantly, it is a "depopulated" 170 meg drive and they have been selling
> many of them.
>  
> Has anyone had any experiences with this drive? It sounds very good, but
> I am hesitating because I have never heard anything, good or bad, about
> it. Thanks in advance for any help.
A friend of mine bought one of those from APS recently. He is very satisfied
and the disk indeed performs very good.

--dolf
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