Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:45:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> Cc: anxiety@primenet.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD-Rom Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980622094242.6626N-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199806202113.RAA12686@lucy.bedford.net>
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> Micah Mayo wrote:
> > Also, does anyone out there have an opinion on micropolist scsi drives?
Yes
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING ONE.
We had 3 8gb ones going pop on us in one week. Second, the performance
of the drives is very bad. Third, the firmware isn;t solid and hangs now
and then (need power off/on).
> I own two Micropolis drives, one died within the first 100 hours of operation,
> the other still works.
Back it up, back it up, back it up.
> IOmega is on the verge of bankruptcy, too.
Come again? As in the producer of the most successfull floppy
replacement, the ZipDrive? Sounds odd.
Nick
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