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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: misc.forsale,unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: MiniScribe (was UNIX pc AT&T 7300 FORSALE)
Message-ID: <26487@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 Feb 90 10:58:20 GMT
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kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) in <19873@ditka.UUCP> writes:

:In article <26387@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
:>The Miniscribe 3085 (HH, ST-506, MFM) works just fine in the UNIXPC, though
:>you'd need a WD2010 disk controller to use all the Miniscribe's cylinders.
:>The drives are still fairly easy to obtain, but Miniscribe has gone belly-up
:>and once existing stocks are depleted, that's it.

:MiniScribe filed for Chapter 11.  That doesn't mean they've gone
:belly-up, that means they're alive and operating but gravely ill.

True (re: Chap.11).  I've had NO problems with Miniscribe drives; just
be sure the box you buy isn't filled with a brick! :-)

For those who aren't aware, Miniscribe was filling their drive boxes with
actual bricks as part of their financial scam reporting higher sales than
their mfg. manufactured.

But, some of the drives ARE now difficult to locate.  For example, CompuAdd
used to carry the Miniscribe 3085 as recently as last December; their latest
catalog no longer lists that drive.  One local (Silicon Valley) dealer is now
reporting (again) difficulty getting the 6085 and 3085 drives.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]