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From: wrs@wb1.cs.cmu.edu (Walter Smith)
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Subject: New Warp 20 info (& Megamax debugger date)
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 22:34:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 22:34:20 1986
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Keywords: Warp internal hard drive price

I talked to a Warp Engineering sales guy today, and the prices have changed
since the MacWorld ad and the last informational post.  The drive now costs
$949.  Including the $30 tool deposit and UPS Blue Label (2nd day) shipping
brings the total to $994.40 (and of course you get the $30 back when you
ship the tools back).  The price of the 12-month extended service contract
has been reduced to $149.  I forgot to ask how much it costs to have them
install the drive.

Other information I haven't seen yet:
 - a fan is included (I don't know what kind)
 - they use an auto-boot floppy now but will boot directly with the
 - new ROMs (?!)
 - they use a Fastime-like SCSI interface board that plugs into the
   ROM sockets
 - a Mac Plus compatible version will be out soon
 - the only software included is the HFS and Finder, no backup utility,
   test programs, print spooler, etc., and no MFS/partitioning capability
 - the drive can "withstand a six-inch fall to a hard surface" and
   has automatic power-off head lifting (no parking required).  I got
   all sorts of interesting information about how the makers of the
   drive left Seagate to form their own company and did defense
   contracts for shock-resistant drives.

In other news, I called Megamax about their long-awaited debugger, and the
pleasantly Texan person who answered the phone said they would start
shipping on March 24.  Not surprisingly, they have a large stack of orders
waiting to be filled as soon as the thing is finished.  I suppose (and hope)
whoever is writing the debugger is under some pressure, since it was
supposed to be shipping last August...

- Walt

DISCLAIMER: I have nothing to do with Warp Nine or Megamax other than as an
	    interested (and satisfied, with Megamax) consumer.
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      Walter Smith, CS undergraduate, Carnegie-Mellon University
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