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From: Dig@cup.portal.com (Doug I Granzow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Central Point 3.5 inch disk drives
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Date: 4 May 89 00:19:44 GMT
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Central Point Software is now owned by Video Technologies, Inc., which used to
"co-sell" the Laser 128 computers (notice Laser is spelled with an s, not a z).
Central Point Software is "A Video Technology Company" (quote from any recent
CPS ad) and Laser Computer was created, also owned by Video Technologies.
(Video Technologies  also makes a number of child-oriented electronic products)

I have never had a problem with my CPS 3.5" drive, except for a problem on one
computer where it refused to boot on powerup (allowing it to warmup would fix 
the problem).  It is slow and noisy, but it works.  I did have a problem with
the cable between the drive and card once, and I fried the UDC card on another
occasion.

Since you say you hooked it up directly to the computer without the UDC, that
seems to narrow it down to 1) Your original bad drive that CPS couldn't find a
problem with was replaced by another bad drive, or 2) the cable is bad.

Of course, there are always possibilities that noone has thought of yet, and
that even a mind as powerful as mine :) cannot come up with.  And it is possibl
that the problem was of a random enough nature that CPS couldn't find it, even
though it did exist.  (This has happened to me several times.)

Good luck.

Doug Granzow
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