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In article <1989Sep13.161949.10517@agate.berkeley.edu> bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG) writes:
>In article <493@cpdaux.UUCP> cpdaux!steve@apple.com (Steve Lemke) writes:
>>In article <11593@boulder.Colorado.EDU> kessler@schof.colorado.edu (Andrew Kessler) writes:
>>}I just purchased a new IIcx and I'm looking for a hard drive to go with it. 
>>}I didn't get an apple drive because I wanted more value for my money. I'm
>>}looking for an internal drive, somewhere around 150 megs. Obviously, I'd
>>}like it to be fast, reliable, and inexpensive. If anyone has one that they'd
>>}recommend or one that they definately wouldn't, I'd appreciate the info.
>>
>>Contact MicroNet Technology at (714) 837-6033 (Irvine, CA).  They have just
>>developed a bracket which will allow a 5 1/4" drive to mount in the Mac IIcx.
>>This will allow drives like the CDC Wren series to work (very fast drives,
>>storage up to about 170mb in half-height form).
>>
>
>CDC (once Imprimis, now a subsidiary of Seagate) has also developed a 3
>1/2" high-capacity series known as the Swift.  These format to 160-172
>megs with excellent speed (18 ms access times).  There should be several
>OEM drive manufacturers with these drives available; MicroNet would be
>one of them.  Of course, when you get a CDC drive, it's not going to
>be inexpensive (compared to some others), but it will probably be more
>reliable and faster.  CDC's reputation has always been good; of course,
>it may take a while to gauge the effects of Seagate's takeover.
>...
>John Heckendorn

Well, I have one of the Wren V half heights (173 meg) on order.  There were
some delays getting the bracket into production (The first batch they got
from the plastic molding company was apparently a little weak in one corner
and they sent them back for a redesign) But they supposedly started quantity
shipments yesterday.  They make 105/173/303/404 megabytes for 1695/2245/4495/
4695 dollars (list price).

Anyway, the way they were pitching these drives (which are based on Wren V and
VI half-height 5 1/4 mechanisms) at macworld is that while the 3 1/2 can have
good access times (ie the quantum at 19ms or 12 with cache) they can not
match the 5 1/4" mechanisms for transfer rate.  They have a pretty convincing
chart of "SCSI Evaluator" results, and a graph of time to do a hypercard
slide show. (They were convincing enough to get me to order after 2 days 
touring around looking at different drives)>

Anyway, I may have the drive in a couple of days, Ill post with impressions 
once its in (And disktimer results).

I have no connection with Micronet other than as a soon to be (hopefully
satisfied) customer.

Josh



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