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From: crogers1@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Clyde Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hard Disk Drives--AGAIN!
Message-ID: <132@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 17:16:22 EST
Article-I.D.: umn-d-ub.132
Posted: Mon Nov 16 17:16:22 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Nov-87 06:38:37 EST
Organization: U. of Minnesota-Duluth, Computer Center
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Keywords: hard disk, dataframe


At long last I'm bringing my Macintosh up to speed with a shiny new hard disk
drive.  I was planning on buying a Dataframe XP-30, but then clouds loomed on 
the horizon.  Rumor has it that the Dataframe is posessed by the devil, and
after a few months the evil RLL encoding it uses will turn all my valuable 
data into chowder.  

Is this rumor unfounded?  Are those evenings of glee I was anticipating on the
Mac going to be nights in hell if I go with a Dataframe?  What experiences have
you had with the competition?  I'm considering either a Jasmine 40 or CMS 40 
instead of the Dataframe, but that would involve going without food for the 
next month or two.  

In short, I want the Dataframe if it has a good chance of being reliable.  I
don't want to buy a drive that has an inordinate number of problems.  If this 
is a problem drive, I'd value your recommendation for an alternative.

Please send your responses to me, or post them if you think others may be 
interested.

Thanks,
   Clyde Rogers
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Clyde Rogers               crogers1@ub.D.UMN.EDU (this address SHOULD work...) 
University of MN, Duluth 
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