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From: rad@genco.uucp (Bob Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Syquest Removables: Good or Bad?
Message-ID: <98@genco.uucp>
Date: 24 Oct 90 16:58:02 GMT
References: <Yb98DTC00UhW42OUlK@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: rad@genco. (Bob Daniel)
Organization: Gentry & Assoc. Excelsior Springs, MO
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In article <Yb98DTC00UhW42OUlK@andrew.cmu.edu> rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer) writes:
>I've read the comments previously posted on the net.  I've also read the
>last two MacWeeks which throw some doubt on the reliability of the
>drives.  What's the real truth?  Are there reputable dealers of Syquest
>45M removable drives at reasonable prices out there or are all the
>drives bad?

I've had one for 3 months which I purchased from APS.  A SyQuest is a SyQuest
however no matter whom you purchase it from. The only difference is the power
supply and the formatter.  I'm using SilverLining.  I have 5 cartridges and
have not had a single problem.  3 friends that have one have not had problems.
The general talk on GEnie is good.  No one with major problems.  Some people
on here have had problems but I've seen more message with problems with 
conventional drives more than SyQuest.  I would recommend one.  They are
much nicer than conventional drives and is even faster than most (other 
than Quantum)