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From: aieta@ils.nwu.edu (Michael Aieta)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale,comp.periphs,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Mail-order House Recommendations Sought
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Date: 4 Dec 90 02:54:53 GMT
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Has anyone dealt with Mail-order houses for SCSI Hard Drives?

I am thinking about buying a Syquest 45MB removable cartridge drive for a Mac.
After going through a few magazines I am facing a reliability-security v. price
dilemma.

MacWarehouse (who I've dealt with and have heard positive things about
generally)
has some good equipment and prices which are lower than that of a local
computer
store.  They sell the DataPak by Mass Microsystems and the PowerUser for ~$750.

Of all the advetisers in MacWeek magazine, a place called ClubMac in Irvine,CA
has the best deal at $535 including a $70 cartridge plus $18 FedEx 2nd
Day Air.  

Each advertiser basically packages the Syquest mechanism with their
own case, power supply, SCSI ports, cables, and formatting software.

Supposedly the cartridges are compatible with all the Syquest drives.

Has anyone dealt with ClubMac or know how reliable these mail-order houses
are regarding service?  They have had ads in MacWeek since at least Oct. 1989
so they have at least been in business that long, for what it's worth.

If you have any opinions/experience with Syquest drives please let me know
what you've heard.

Michael Aieta - aieta@ils.nwu.edu    The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Northwestern University 	                                Evanston, IL


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