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Article #36APEX [Was Re: MO drives.....]
From: derek chan
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 06:14
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 06:14
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In article <4h5hns$m0a@steel.interlog.com> ldh@interlog.com (Laurent-David Hasson) writes: >I am sick and tired of all this waiting or the APEX drive from Pinnacle... They >started advertising the drive back in August 1995, and were supposed to ship it >in November 1995. Now, the latest news is that they are aiming at early MAY !!!! >TALK ABOUT VAPORWARE !!! > Noooooooo....kiddddding!!!! I ordered this thing direct from Pinnacle...and they've been telling me, "yeah it's shipping in small quantities...uhm...a couple of weeks now..." And that has been the line for quite a number of weeks now. First, it was late November, then it was December, then it was February, then it was March 15, then it was sometime in April...and now I hear it's May???!??! Sheeze..by the time this thing comes out, the new crop of 5.2 gig drives will be out...*harrumph* If they're going to ship the thing late, say so...but don't just lead us by the ear... Talk about customer service...NOT! > >So i am looking for something else, in the 1.3Gig range... I am setting my eyes >on either the IBM or the NEC... However, i called several places, and i was told >that the IBM model was obsolete and deffective!!!! > >Anyone knows what the deal is? I have seen the IBM drive at really good prices >($699), and that might be why... Too good to be true. > > >Laurent. > >Thanks, >Laurent. > > >PS: CC by email is much appreciated. > >============================================================================ >Microsoft Network, or any service owned in full or in part by Microsoft, is >prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. >Copyright, Laurent Hasson, 1996. License to distribute this post is >available to Microsoft for US$10,000 per instance. Posting without >permission constitutes an agreement to these terms. Please send notices of >violation to ldh@interlog.com and postmaster@microsoft.com >============================================================================ >
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!husc7.harvard.edu!chan4 From: chan4@husc7.harvard.edu (derek chan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: APEX [Was Re: MO drives.....] Date: 3 Mar 1996 06:14:24 GMT Organization: Harvard University Science Center Message-ID: <4hbdc0$r8q@decaxp.harvard.edu> References: <4h5hns$m0a@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: husc7.harvard.edu