Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!ukma!dftsrv!heawk1!hoepfner From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Wanted: Info on SyQuest drives Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 13:09:04 GMT References: <63986@bbn.BBN.COM> <1991May02.062642.3920@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: comp Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Lines: 31 ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: >I wouldn't buy one now if I needed one. I'd look closer at the >Ricoh removable hard drive. >A friend of mine runs a Syquest on his Atari ST and it recently crashed >after about a year. In continuous operation, ANY drive will have problems. You can ask just about any BBS sysop about this. And the SyQuest mechanisms aren't ment to replace a hard drive. >I don't have any experience with the Ricoh drive, nor have I ever heard of >anyone actually using one, but the rumor is that they are more expensive >and more reliable than the Syquest. I wouldn't trust ANY rumors like this. I would much rather trust some one like MacWorld which recently suggested that the Ricoh was not the drive to get. Get a copy and read for yourself. They suggested that Bernoulli was best for backups and the SyQuest was best for continuous operation. I would be interested in finding out just what the NEW SyQuest 88 MB drives can do. They should add the few nice things that the Ricoh drives have (such as the better shutter and the don't allow the disk to eject until it has spun down). +--------------------------+---------------------------------------+ / Patrick Hoepfner | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center \ / America Online: PatrickH9 | Internet: hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov \ +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+