From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 22 00:53:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11674 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:53:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11571 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:52:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick.hibma@jrc.it) Received: from elect8 (elect8.jrc.it [139.191.71.152]) by mrelay.jrc.it (LMC5688) with SMTP id JAA18274; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:52:25 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:45:50 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@elect8 Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: CyberPeasant cc: anxiety@primenet.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD-Rom In-Reply-To: <199806202113.RAA12686@lucy.bedford.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 STA-ISIS, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, Italy building: 27A tel.: +39 332 78 9549 fax.: +39 332 78 9185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message