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From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert Joseph Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Large external Hard Disks
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Date: 19 Feb 88 21:32:16 GMT
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In article <1364@runx.ips.oz> clubmac@runx.OZ (Macintosh Users Group - Sydney, Australia) writes:
>>Relax Technologies builds large Macintosh drives using the CDC Wren IVs
>>I believe.  They are in Union City California and their phone number is
>>(415)471-6112.
>
>If you buy a Relax hard disk, you will be guaranteed a nice room in the
>Rubber Hotel.. Relax hard disks are bad news. I recommend Rodime, Jasmine
>or Peripheral Land.

I agree. During the summer of '86, a local dealer gave our users group a great
price on Relax 20 SCSI drives - $600 (this is at a time when DataFrame 20's
were over $1000, and Apple HD20's (non-SCSI) were selling for $1495. I bought
one, as did several members of the users group. Within 90 days, I got rid of
the drive because the thing scared me - it would hang up, crash, and make
rattling noises. A friend of mine went through 3 of them in a year before
giving up. Several people had problems with theirs. The drives appeared to be
standard Seagate ST-225N's, so I don't know what they were doing wrong. When
you value your data, you'll stick to a proven brand. I've had success with
Jasmine, CMS, SuperMac, Rodime, Apple, and Peak hard drives. I don't think
I'd buy any other drive not listed above.

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