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Re: MacBottom disk opinions?

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From: Clive Steward
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1987 10:09
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in article <2019@ccicpg.UUCP>, cracraft@ccicpg.UUCP (Stuart Cracraft) says:
> 
> Hi, I'm new to the Mac winchester scene and am looking for more information.
> 
> In particular, the MacBottom disk looks clean, compact, and fast. Since I've
> got a Macintosh 128K and still need to upgrade to the new ROM and SCSI,
> presumably these are the first steps before a Winchester upgrade?, what
> do people think about MacBottom (or the Apple disk that is a similar
> shape and size)?
> 
> 	Stuart

Had a 21 mb MacBottom a few weeks:  medium fast (halfway between apple
disk and DataFrame.  Pretty quiet (none are silent).  It broke,
replaced it (for the extra cost) with a MacBottom HD45.

Bravo MacConnection -- these people are the best.

This is very fine.  Very, very fast.  Not silent either, but seeks are
nearly inaudible -- all you hear is the rotational.  Quieter than a Mac II.
(P.S. most noise seems table dependent; may drum on lf, or what's
behind may reflect the whir.  I found putting a mouse pad (foam rubber)
underneath usually quiets down noisy situation significantly).

On either of these, you can add an internal modem, which is now
shipping.  This is the ticket for travelling as I do (consultant).

Which is another thing drive is good for.  It fits in my carry
bag, being truly slender (2 inches high, size of small part of mac bottom).

Like the backup utility very well; do full and incremental backups,
have restored to flops as well as hard disk.

Clive Steward
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