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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
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Subject: Re: Need Advice on SysQuest HD
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Date: 4 Sep 90 20:27:34 GMT
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In article <88500021@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu> johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
#>
#>/* Written  1:13 pm  Aug  2, 1990 by jt1r+@andrew.cmu.edu */
#> > I might be acquiring a SysQuest based HD.
#> > It will be use as a secondary HD and a backup system.
#> > I seek advice/recommendation/encouragement (or discouragement)
#> > from people with experience and knowledge about them.
#> > Please specify brand,price,service,reliability,age &
#> > include other tech notes if you think is necessary.
#>
#>Check out the summary I wrote four or five months ago.  You can find it
#>by anonymous ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the /info-mac/report directory.
#>
#>This is a report that I wrote after asking approximately the same question
#>as you did.
#>
#>Best of luck!  (If you have any questions of me, don't hesitate to e-mail.)
#>
#>Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu

I just ordered one from DPI, based upon BMUG's recommendation,
both verbal and in print in the new BMUG newsletter. DPI is
also the cheapest, the main unit is $649 (that's the university
price DPI quoted to me over the phone, but also the same price
BMUG mentions in its newsletter), which is the same price as the
Ehman, and the cartridges are $75, which is $9 cheaper than
Ehman. If price isn't important to you, there are two new
heavier-duty and slightly larger removeables available, one
with a Ricoh mechanism. What I did, aside from the BMUG
recommendation, was to go through an issue of MacWorld and
check out the ads. Most manufacturers have a direct price
which is comparable to or better than a dealer's price (one
didn't sell direct). Some only sell direct.

DPI's data is 40 Corning Avenue, Milpitas, CA 95035;
408-945-1850, 800-825-1850, FAX: 408-945-8148.

DPI also was named "Service Hero" in the October 1990 MacWorld,
p. 101.

Steve Goldfield