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From: am66@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Alexander Maldutis)
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Subject: Re: Syquest Removable Hard Drives
Keywords: hard drive scsi Syquest
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Date: 19 Apr 91 15:29:16 GMT
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In article <18360@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> mketcham@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Michelle Ketcham) writes:
>
>   I am considering buying a Syquest removable hard drive which I
>would like to put in the 5 1/4 drive bay on my A2000.  As this would
>be my first hard drive, I will need a scsi controller.  Does it
>matter which controller I get?  Does anyone have any experience with
>this drive or any advice on whether or not this is a good idea? (I
>have been told that a "normal" hard drive would be better as my
>first drive and a removable one would be a good second drive)  I'm
>kind of looking at the removable drive from an economic standpoint
>(i.e. This would be my only drive and yet I could buy several
>cartridges and, in essence, have a 88 or 132 meg capacity hard
>drive.)
>
>   Any comments or suggestions (posted or emailed) will be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>                   Thanks,  Michelle
>
>
>-- 
>_______________________________________________________________________________
>  Michelle Ketcham                                   mketcham@sdcc13.ucsd.edu

I recently got a Ricoh 50meg (46meg formatted) removable drive, and would
recommend it over the SyQuest, mainly because of reliability.  Either
the ICD controller or the GVP Series II would work well; the ICD is faster
but hogs more CPU time.  I don't have firsthand experience with the GVP,
but most say it's pretty good, as well.  As for the first/second drive
question, if this is your only drive, by all means get the removable - 
it is slower than a "real" drive, but the idea of infinte storage is
great - use the thing as a floppy!  In terms of cost effectiveness, it
depends how many cartridges you will buy - if it is only 2 or 3, then you
are better off getting a 150meg drive - but if you expect to buy 6 or so,
the removable becomes cheaper than a similar 300 meg drive.

These are quick reflections; please e-mail if you need more info.




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