Re: Any thoughts on the Reno CD-ROM?

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From: Oliver Steinmeier
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 17:26

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In article <mission1.14.003AAF46@mindspring.com>,
Mission Recording Studio & Gear <mission1@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I have had me Reno drive for about 6 months and have'nt had the first problem 
>with it.  It appears every one is talking hear say.  I'm using the drive.

Well, I have had two, and both went back.  The first one was very noisy
while it was spinning, the second one was ancient (June 1994) and didn't
work properly with OS/2 (didn't bother to test anything else).

The general impression:  lousy design, next to no support.

Not hearsay -- my personal impression/experience.

Oliver

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From: ostein@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Oliver Steinmeier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Any thoughts on the Reno CD-ROM?
Date: 8 Nov 1995 17:26:50 GMT
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