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Article #986Re: Advice wanted: Hard disks
From: Tom Marchioro
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 19:16
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 19:16
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> In article <6004@ucru2.ucr.edu> mikes@velo.ucr.edu > (Mike Shebanek) writes: In article > <3249@creatures.cs.vt.edu> > alanlb@bethesda.cs.vt.edu (Alan L. Batongbacal) > writes: > wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu (Wassim M. Jabi) > writes: > > Hi: > > The company I ordered a Hard disk from is > taking much too long > > to deliver (1.5 months). I ordered > a Fujitsu M2624SA, enclosure, and > > cables for my > NeXTstation color... > > So, I called a few places and > Quick Electronics > > 1-800-800-5500 had the lowest > price on the Fujitsu M2624SA (520MB) > > The problem is > that they sell only the bare drive and have no idea > > what a > NeXT is. I'm planning on having this drive external. > Plus, > > I'm completely ignorant in terms of hardware but > I can assemble > > anything if instructions are provided. > So, what course of action > > do you recommend? What > components do I need to buy to make this > > drive work in an > external enclosure? Should I just be patient and > > wait > two more weeks for a 'plug-and-play' hard disk? > > > I bought the same mechanism from AnDATAco in San Diego. > They have great service. Talk to Tim Norian, > 714/833-9191. I've got an external maxtor 660 on my NeXT > and an external maxtor 535 on my Mac. They both work great > and were simple to install. AnDATAco includes the cable > and terminator and a nice warranty. Sorry, gray case > only. > We've bought from AnDATAco as well and were quite happy. Yet another company to check out (prices about the same as anDATAco's, perhaps slightly better warranty conditions) is Falcon Systems. 1-800-326-1002, talk to Jenna Lim, who's quite helpful (and funny to boot!). I have no connections to either anDATAco or Falcon except as a (highly) satisfied customer of both. Tom
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!maccs!news From: tlm@nextasy.physics.mcmaster.ca (Tom Marchioro) Subject: Re: Advice wanted: Hard disks Message-ID: <1992Aug11.191610.7609@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: news@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (News account) Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. References: <6004@ucru2.ucr.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 19:16:10 GMT Lines: 38