Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site faron.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!linus!faron!rjd From: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Astonishingly Cheap Hyperdrive???? Message-ID: <434@faron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 13:29:33 EST Article-I.D.: faron.434 Posted: Thu Jan 16 13:29:33 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jan-86 07:41:22 EST References: <1146@seismo.CSS.GOV> <242@tolerant.UUCP> Reply-To: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) Organization: The MITRE Coporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 29 Summary: In article <242@tolerant.UUCP> berry@tolerant.UUCP (David Berry) writes: >> Does anyone out there know anything about the Warp20 disk system advertised >> in the latest MacWorld? They claim to be using the Rodime 20 meg drive >> with a clip-on controller, and it mounts inside the Mac, essentially >> just like the Hyperdrive 20. They call it the Warp20 (Warp Drive, get it??) >> and the advert claims a price of $895!!!! .... >> -Mike O'Dell > > Just talked to the folks at Warp Nine (the people that make the >Warp 20.) The details I was able to get out of the salesman are: > > 1. It clips on to the 68K and needs to be soldered to the > power switch. > > ... [more info from salespeople] > > The salesman is sending me a propaganda sheet. I will post >any other significant gleanings from it that seem worth while. > David W. Berry Well, I'm sure someone on the net must have taken them up on their offer by now! I'd like to hear about it first hand. How long did it take to arrive? How hard was it to install? Does it work? Why doesn't it work with Monster Mac? Will it work with other memory upgrades? Does anyone know anything about the company?