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- From: mauricio @vaxrio.enet.dec.com (Mauricio P. Henriques)
- Subject: Re: Bernoulli Drives: Are they good?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.125447.1589@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon)
- Organization: Digital Equipment do Brasil - Rio de Janeiro
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 14:48:14 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1992Aug23.142237.18914@afterlife.ncsc.mil>, mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil (M. Scott Smith) writes...
- >Howdy..
- >
- > And just recently, Bernoulli introduced the MacTransportable 90 PRO. It
- >has a price tag which is supposed to be 40% less than the earlier drive, and
- >it offers all the features. (It comes with the Mac interface built in.)
-
- As far as I know, this new model has only one SCSI connector, forcing
- you to put it at the end of your SCSI chain. If you already have any equipment
- in this condition (my case: I have a UMAX scanner) you cannot have both on the
- same SCSI simultaneously.
-
- >
- > So.. For all of you who use or know about Bernoulli drives, please let me
- >know your experiences! How quick are they? Have you had any crashes? Are
- >you very satisfied with it, or do you have any horror stories? Anything
- >special I should know?
-
- I have a Bernoulli Transportable 90, the model with 2 SCSI connectors,
- and I'm very satisfied with it. You can put them horizontally or vertically at
- your desk, allowing for some space-saving. The speed isn't equal to the
- internal 80MB drive, mainly because it spins down when not in use, but is
- acceptable, even for interactive use.
-
- >
- > Also, how do you buy extra 90-meg cartridges? And how much do you pay for
- >them?
-
- You receive a free cartridge when you buy, but they'll send it to you
- after receiving the warranty card. I bought a 3-pack along with the drive. The
- drive, cables and software price was around US$ 800,00 and the 3-pack was
- around US$ 430,00. I didn't run out of cartridges yet, but I don't have an
- internal drive as big as yours.
-
- >
- >Thanks in advance for any information!
-
- Sure!
-
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