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From: chuck@umbc5.umbc.edu (Chuck Rickard; ACS (UGRAD))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: SyQuest 44MB removable in PC-compatible
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Date: 15 Jan 91 04:18:12 GMT
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In an article parke@star.enet.dec.com (Bill Parke) writes:

>I just ordered a SyQuest with AllWays controller from HDI for $499.
>This includes a cartridge (standard issue if you buy the SyQuest unless
>the dealer is removing them).

All Syquest drives are shipped WITHOUT cartridges!  In fact, when they first
came out, the dealers had a hard enough time getting cartridges for the units
they were selling.  Everyone was ordering extras and Syquest couldn't keep
up with the demand.

Chuck Rickard
(chuck@umbc5.umbc.edu)