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- From: peter_chen@cbis.ece.drexel.edu (Peter M Chen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: LPS105 vs. Maxtor 120
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.184244.3292@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 18:42:44 GMT
- References: <62924@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <62924@cup.portal.com>, lumpy@cup.portal.com (Larry E Woodard) writes:
- >
- > It has been my experience that the Maxtor 120 is a tad flakey (shame, because
- > the 200 I have is a star). I have run through 3 of these drives this month
- > befor I got one that ran for an extended period. Problem with teh Quantum
- > right now is that they are hevily allocated (shortage), and prices and
- > delivery times are growing as a result. Perhaps you can find one of the
- > Fujitsu 130 drives still? They have deen discontinued, but are know for
- > their reliability (bulletproof!).
- >
- > regards,
- > lw
- >
- > Maxtor will ship their New 7213 Low Profile Low Power Hard Disk, it's 1"
- high It can fit in the Claasic, LC and IIsi. The Average Access time is 15ms,
- The transfer ratio is 1.8Mb/s. APS offers it for $499 for the
- Internal one and $569 for the External One. And MacTown said they will offer
- in lower price. The Maxtor 7120 will ship in 3 to 4 weeks.
-
- Peter M Chen
- peter_chen@cbis.ece.drexel.edu
-