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Subject: which HDD to go for ?
Message-ID: <CDK3An.5s3@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 15:35:10 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Hi,
  I am wondering what are the most reliable brands (from the following) of
large capacity (>= 1GB) HDD to choose from.

  IBM, Micropolis, Conner, Quantum.

  I have spoken to many vendors, and each of them recommand different
brands, but with IBM and Conner the better favourites. How about Micropolis ?
I am thinking of getting a used Micropolis HDD for some reasonable price, and
it's only 1 year old, with 3 more years of warranty left.

  The model is 2210 (1247 MBytes unformatted, 1050 MBytes formatted). Has
anyon used this drive before ? Is it reliable ? From the spec. it sure
sounds impressive, but I haven't used Micropolis before, and I really like
to get some advices and feedback from people who use Micropolis before!

  Email replies please! Thanks in advance!

- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong)
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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au