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From: sarrel@osu-eddie.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hard Drive Questions
Message-ID: <2634@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 23:18:24 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 22 23:18:24 1986
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Organization: Ohio State Univ, Computer Science Department
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Keywords: SuperMac DataFrame Warp Nine Photon ProApp

Right now I own a Mac 512e.  I want to buy an external (I don't like fans)
hard drive.  I have two main concerns.

First, I would like to get a SCSI drive for both the speed and conveinience.
All my ports are being used.  This means that I either have to upgrade to a
Plus or get a separate SCSI port from the drive manufacturer.  Has anybody
got any experience with these ports?  I eventually (long term) would like to
get a plus, mostly for the port and the memory.  Is it really worth my while
to get the seperate port, or should I go for the plus upgrade and not waste
my money on something that will eventually become redundant or useless.

Second, I still have to decide on which brand of drive.  (I'm not sure about
size, probably 20M, but who knows).  I have heard very good things about
SuperMac's DataFrame, especially now that they have the faster XP version
out.  However, two adds in the latest "Macuser" interested me.  First was the
from Warp Nine.  Their prices seem lower than SuperMac's.  Does anyone have
any experience with this company?  What about its noise level?  Can you 
_really_ put it underneath the Mac as the add suggests?  The other add is
from a company I've never heard of before:  PROAPP.  They have a 40M drive
with sub-30ms access time.  It is of the same design as the DataFrame (vertical).  Has anyone heard of these guys?  The add doesn't say much else; stuff
like "user-friendly software".

I'd appreciate any comments, observations, criticisms or experience that
you can offer.

Thanks in Advance,

Marc

P.S.  does anyone know the latest about the 1Meg chips?