Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!bmug From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Syquest Removables: Good or Bad? Message-ID: <1990Oct25.145152.3204@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 25 Oct 90 14:51:52 GMT References: <98@genco.uucp> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 26 In article <98@genco.uucp> rad@genco. (Bob Daniel) writes: >In article rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer) writes: >>Are there reputable dealers of Syquest >>45M removable drives at reasonable prices out there or are all the >>drives bad? > >A SyQuest is a SyQuest >however no matter whom you purchase it from. The only difference is the power >supply and the formatter. Well, that's almost (but not quite) accurate. One difference we've noted at BMUG has to do with the way the drive is set up in terms of cooling. Some drives will heat up the removable platters enough to keep your coffee warm for a while, if not fry an egg, and we think this factor has more to do with disk-related problems than any other. The unit we've had the best experience with is the DPI, which is very well cooled (it sits upright and has an effective fan and lots of vents). There may be other similarly constructed makes as well, but DPI is the one most of us recommend these days. John Heckendorn /\ BMUG ARPA: bmug@garnet.berkeley.EDU A__A 1442A Walnut St., #62 BITNET: bmug@ucbgarne |()| Berkeley, CA 94709 Phone: (415) 549-2684 | |