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From: ejb@think.ARPA (Erik Bailey)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Sider hard drive
Message-ID: <3128@think.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 20:04:05 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 19 20:04:05 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 21-Oct-85 07:05:27 EDT
References: <9800012@uiucuxa>
Reply-To: ejb@think.UUCP (Erik Bailey)
Organization: Thinking Machines, Cambridge, MA
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Summary: 

In article <9800012@uiucuxa> spk256@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>  Hi everyone...Listen, I just got through looking at the
>latest issue of Incider, and First Class Peripherals has
>dropped the price of the 10 megabyte hard drive "Sider"
>to $595!!!  This makes it only $96 more expensive than the
>new Unidisk 3.5! Here's your choice: an 800k drive for $499,
>or a 10 meg drive for $595....
> 

Ok. This is from a friend...

Unless I'm completely mistaken, The Sider is a piece of junk. I read
lot's of letters on an Info-Apple net (don't remember the name...), and
all of it was VERY negative. There were many complaints of the drive
crashing minutes after it was installed, making funny sounds (grinding)
and other nasty stuff. Although the product is advertised as a well-made
product, how can one trust a hard drive for only $595?

Note that these comments are NOT those of Erik, he simply allowed me to
type on his time. Any comments about this should be sent to

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