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Article #17940large hard disk advice solicited
From: Christopher Chow
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1987 02:22
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1987 02:22
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I'm on the verge of running out of space on my Dataframe 20 so sometime in
the month or two I'll be in a market for more storage. This time around I'd
like to get a larger drive, probably something in the 40-80 meg range.
Until recently I thought I'd go for something like a Dataframe XP40+40, but
from talking to various people it appears that tape backup systems are not
quite up to par yet w.r.t. reliability. So much for the XP40+40.
So now I'm just looking at hard disk only systems. What do people think
about the Apple HD80SC v. CMS 80 M external v. Jasmine Direct Drive 80.
Since I'm currently on a Mac+ but plan on getting a the Mac II in the
future the drive must be able to take advantage of the faster SCSI bus speed
of the II. I would prefer not having to reformat the drive to gain optimal
performance on the II, but I can live with it if the alternative is a drive
that isn't up to Mac II speed.
Facts, opinions, stories, and rumors solicited.
Christopher Chow
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