Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:44 -0800 (PST) From: cupples_s@4j.lane.edu To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Cc: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>, anxiety@primenet.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD-Rom Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.3.95.980622130724.539166252B-100000@4j.lane.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980622094242.6626N-100000@elect8>
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Also any Micropolous drive will not be warantied, the company has filed for bankruptcy and return service is a joke, I mean if you want it setled within you lifetime. I found this out when I tried to return a 9 gig that died a year and half after we bought it, APS (which has also filed) just sent the school a letter that said sorry, and good luck. Shawn Cupples South Eugene High School (541) 687-3122 On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Nick Hibma wrote: > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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