Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!kodak!eastman!b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com!harding From: harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com (JON HARDING) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: MAST harddisks Summary: How are they? Keywords: MAST harddisk Message-ID: <1343@eastman.UUCP> Date: 11 Sep 90 20:14:44 GMT References: Sender: news@eastman.UUCP Reply-To: harding%b56vxg.dnet@kodak.com Distribution: comp Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester NY, USA Lines: 35 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article , frits@duttnph.tudelft.nl (Frits Kuijlman) writes... >Does anybody have any experience with the FireBall harddisks from MAST? >I would like to know how they compare to GVP or Supra harddisks. I know >they use Fujitsu(?) instead of Quantum drives. Do they have any problems, >or any incompatibilities with other Amiga hardware? How good are the >accompanying drivers and other software. Is it true that they can also be >used with a Macintosh? > >I would like to know some more before I lay down DM 1100,- for one. > Thanks, > Frits >-- >Frits Kuijlman (frits @ duttnph.tudelft.nl) Ah Ha! A chance to comment on M.A.S.T. I bought a 90Mb and Fireball from the american office in Nevada, (who use the Australian office's credit card services which cause problems in currency exchange: $90 too much). The disk and card come separatly so you have to mount the disk on the card for a hard- card. Apparently, I didn't push the cable in far enough and with return post- age and phone calls, the thing has cost me an extra $30 so far to say nothing of the fact that they dropped the price $50 from the August Amiga World to the September issue. I bought this thing on August 6 and still don't have a working disk drive. Oh, and it won't autoboot with an A2088 bridgeboard, but new firm- ware is coming, of course you'll have to pay for it. Oh, you want to cancel and get your money back? Well, that will cost you a 3% re-stocking charge. And by the way, even though you have a warranty, you are responsible for all shipping charges. These little tidbits only came to light after the sale. Frankly, I don't know whether the M.A.S.T drives are any good or not but given my experience so far I can't recommend doing business with them. This is my opinion only and should not be construed as representing anyone but myself. N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J | Jon Harding, N2KZJ * I don't represent KODAK by word or deed. * | | 716-477-5944 | N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J N 2 K Z J