From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 22 13:12:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10685 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from eug4ja.lane.edu (eug4ja.lane.edu [158.165.5.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10673 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from CUPPLES_S@4j.lane.edu) Received: from 4j.lane.edu by 4j.lane.edu (PMDF V5.1-9 #27890) id <01IYJDY73TD48X07CC@4j.lane.edu> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:44 PST Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:44 -0800 (PST) From: cupples_s@4j.lane.edu Subject: Re: DVD-Rom In-reply-to: To: Nick Hibma Cc: CyberPeasant , anxiety@primenet.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG 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 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