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From: ruslan@uncecs.edu (Robin C. LaPasha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Seeking buying advice for Quantum 105M SCSI HD
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Date: 31 Jan 91 04:30:21 GMT
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Well, after checking out HDI and APS (Alliance Peripheral Systems) for 
Quantum P105S drives, we finally went with APS since (over the phone) their 
drive prices have gone down to $399 (as opposed to $499 for HDI.) Total 
w/shipping & handling, incl. 2nd day FedEx = $411.60.  (Phone for APS is
800-233-7550.)

Ordered Friday afternoon, shipped Monday, arrived Wednesday as promised, 
in good shape, well packed.  Warning - there are no docs on the bare drive, 
or ANY other info besides the invoice.  (We're still wondering how the 
warrantee works, but we're not too worried since there were those 
official-looking "don't remove this or you'll void your warrantee" stickers 
from Quantum.  The invoice _does_ have the date and drive's serial
number on it.)

It works, it formats, it was already set to a different scsi unit number
than the 40meg Quantum we got with our 2500/30, we set the jumpers and
terminators (Randell Jesup and others were just talking about those 
settings a short while ago - don't ask me about it since I don't understand 
the stuff...)  It does _not_ come with "shorting blocks" (jumper doohickeys
for changing the scsi ids) so get some yourself if you'll need them.
It's nice.  The computer takes longer to boot now (_apparently_ it goes 
walking down the scsi ids looking for the boot disk, which is a higher number 
than the other one.  As I said, ask someone who knows better...and better
yet, ask them either in email or in c.s.a.hardware.)

I should note that HDI, though currently more expensive, was well-recommended 
by net.folks.

Disclaimer: This is our first dealing with APS - so far a good one.  (Your
mileage may vary, of course.)

Thanks to Ben Scott and the other net.folks for all the info; it helped make 
our ordering and installation trouble-free.
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Robin LaPasha              |Keeper of the Amiga
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