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From: t-jacobs@utah-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need info on Mac MIDI and Jasmine
Message-ID: <5595@utah-cs.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 88 18:35:00 GMT
References: <127200033@inmet> <17000117@clio>
Reply-To: t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu.UUCP (Tony Jacobs)
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <17000117@clio> brewer@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes:
>	So, the drive is good (so is the neat little carring case for that
>matter), but the software SUCKS. 
>

You're throwing the baby out with the wash!

Their disk partitioning and data transfer software is the best of any HD
software I've seen. I admit the default button should be the other one but
is that any reason to flame the works for it???

>	LaCie's tech support says that they know about the problem and they're
>working on it, but they say they can't reproduce it!! All you have to do is hit
>the reset switch for crying out loud!
>

They're probally right.  We have 6 or 7 of the LaCie drives (no 80's) and have
never run into this problem.  I hit the restart & interupt buttons all the
time and have never had this problem. I know of at least a dozen other people
who have Lacie Drives and they have never had this problem.  I have no doubts
they can't reproduce your problem. Your problem probally really is specific to
haveing a 80 on a Mac II.

>	In summary, I wouldn't buy a LaCie right now, as you are bound to have
>problems and frustrations. But, being naive and optimistic, I hope someday LaCiewill fix their driver, send me my manual and SilverServer software, and all willbe right in the world (until I fill up the 80 megs, of course).
>
>Robert Brewer
>    brewer@clio.las.uiuc.edu
>    {ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!brewer

I'd be careful about making flames just because you are frustrated & having
problems.

Did you try turning off the cache?

-- 
Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu