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Subject: Re: Seeking buying advice for Quantum 105M SCSI HD
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.004923.8383@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 25 Jan 91 05:49:23 GMT
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In article <1991Jan24.034254.14482@uncecs.edu>, ruslan@uncecs.edu (Robin C. LaPasha) writes:
> 
> We wanna buy a (new) Quantum 105 meg hard disk.  Can you folks help us
> figure what to specify and who to get it from?
> 
> Specific questions -
> 
> The drive:  
> 
> 	1)  Most folks seem to call this a "ProDrive".  Is this a 
> particular model or just what they happen to name their drives?
> 	2)  BriWall tried to sell us a 100 meg drive, since they didn't
> have the 105 one in.  (They also quoted a price for the 105 that was
> higher than what was printed in their January ad...)  Have y'all ever
> heard of Quantum putting out a 100 meg drive?  (We hadn't.)
> 	3)  Okay, we know that it needs to be a SCSI drive, internal
> in our case (just going to hang it off the 2091.)  Is there any particular
> model number that we should ask for - or any that we should avoid - in
> order to get a happy Amiga-ready drive?
> 
> The dealers:
> 
> 	Generally we deal with Safe Harbor, but their drive prices are
> a tad higher (i.e. almost $100) than those listed elsewhere.  So...
> keeping in mind little surprises like shipping/handling and credit
> card costs, or draconian return/refund policies, can you suggest any
> really good mail order deals that hold up under scrutiny?
> 	In the February 91 Computer Shopper, page 427, we see an ad by
> the "Hard Drives International" company, which has (a/the) Quantum 105 meg 
> SCSI drive for $499.  Has anybody got any stories to tell about these guys, 
> bad or good?  (They also have the tradenames "PowerDrive" when they're 
> speaking to Mac folks... and the ad says the company's a division of 
> "Insight Distribution Network," if that provides any info.)
> 

I just bought one Hard Drive Internationals PowerDrive.
Their PowerDrive line of HardDrives are aimed at the Mac market, but
a SCSI drive is a SCSI drive.  It only took a week for me to get my
drive from them, and I live in Canada.  The fan's a little louder than
I like, the cord was too short, but the drive seems to working fine,
both when I have used on Mac's and when I have used it on my Amiga.
BTW I bought the ST296N and it was about 440 for the drive, case
with power supply, cables and Mac Hard drive manager software.

john macdonald

> Thanks in advance!
> -- 
> Robin LaPasha              |Keeper of the Amiga
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