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In article <764@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> gdavis@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis) writes:
>Does anyone have experience with the new Cobra drive from Rodime.
>I'm looking for a drive around 80-100 M, and a dealer I trust has
>recommended the Cobra. I know Rodime is having difficulties, but
>he insists that the drive is excellent and Rodime will recover.

The Rodime Cobras are, actually, pretty good. Steve (BMUG's technical
director) has been testing a Cobra for quite a while, and it hasn't
even burped.

Good speed (18 ms), good data stransfer speed and fairly reliable.

>Another trustworthy dealer recommends GCC. The problem here is that they
>use the infamous Quantum 80. GCC claims they haven't had any trouble
>with them but they've only been selling them since August, and people 
>on the net have said the drives tend to fail after 3 months, just after
>Apple's warranty is up.

I haven't heard of very many failures of drives other than the Apple
drives. In other words, the problem with Quantums seems to be isolated
to Apple. 

>I know there are other drive possibilities, but I prefer to buy drives
>from local dealers. I've also been offered MicroNet, but they're a bit
>pricey. Maybe they're worth it, since I hear they're good, and a main
>concern of mine is avoiding future hassles.

MicroNet is a very good company, and their president is a hard drive
freak. He's forgotten more about hard drives than I'll ever know. He'll
tell you which drive is more reliable or more suited to a job than
another one, even among the drives he sells.

>Gary Davis

--- Alex