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From: friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE: Syquest Removables: Good or Bad?
Message-ID: <90.272d76aa@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 90 16:48:41 GMT
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>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?

We have had in our lab a PLI Infinity 40 Turbo Syquest for about 9 months.
We have had 7 cartridges  only one of which went bad (by which I mean that
even though it said it could handle 42M, after 8M it would not accept any
more transfers).  The read/write time is extremely fast (compared to a floppy).
The only problem is that if you buy from more than one manufacture, you should
use only one driver.  A friend in another lab has syquest with a different
driver and in order for me to use his disk I have to install his driver.  My
syquest then can read his disk.

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