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- From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
- Subject: Re: Bernoulli MacTransportable Pro w/IIfx
- Message-ID: <lwfnb1k.tcmay@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 17:11:07 GMT
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- References: <1992Aug29.125214.14531@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil (M. Scott Smith) writes:
- :
- : Awhile ago I posted that Iomega had just released a Mac-specific version of
- : their hard drive (the MacTransportable Pro 90) with a 40% reduction in price.
- : In fact, the street price on this drive is about $499.
- ..........
- : Soo.. I called MacConnection and ordered the drive for $499. I should be
- : getting it any hour now.
- :
- : I'll post my findings.. Hopefully it will work without a problem (and won't
- : fry the rest of my SCSI devices, or anything like that.)
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- I'll be very interested, just in general. My Ehman Syquest crashed a while
- back (heads onto disk, destroying both), so I've been looking for a more
- robust alternative, such as the new 128MB opticals or the Bernoulli.
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- The MOs are still around $1200, with the disks around $40---very nice! But
- a Bernoulli for $500 almost makes the $125 disk price acceptable.
-
- I don't suppose you'll let us know if it will really withstand a fall from
- ten feet or keep runnning while shaken?
-
- --Tim
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