Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ttrdc!ttrde!pfales From: pfales@ttrde.UUCP (Peter Fales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Crooked mail-order hard disk company Keywords: hard disk Message-ID: <677@ttrde.UUCP> Date: 12 Aug 88 19:43:13 GMT References: <6522@megaron.arizona.edu> <211@pigs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL Lines: 41 In article <6522@megaron.arizona.edu> cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) writes: >Well, I was shafted by jb technologies, inc., a mailorder firm >which sells hard disks in Computer_Shopper. My own experience probably does not warrant the label "shafted," but it did leave my with a bad taste in my mouth relative to j-b technologies: Their add in computer shopper described (along with many others) two drives I was particularly interested in: Lapine LT200 20 MB Half-Height, 65 msec, $195 Lapine LT300 30 MB Half-Height, 40 msec, $279 No other information was provided. I had used the LT200 before and was pleased with it, so I thought this was a good price for the LT300 and purchased one even though I didn't know anything about it. Their add claimed that they would throw in spec sheets for free if requested, so I asked for them. When I received it, almost everything in the add was wrong, or at least misleading, namely: 1) The LT200 and LT300 have the same number of heads and cylinders, the LT300 supports 30 MB only with an RLL controller. (not mentioned in the add) 2) The LT200 and LT300 are both 3.5 inch drives, though it did come with the necessary mounting brackets to mount in a half-height slot. 3) The LT200 and LT300 are both 65 msec drives. The is my biggest beef and the one that the company gave me no satisfaction on. The representative I spoke to mumbled something about different manufacturers having different specs and they just print what manufacturer gives them. All this in spite of the fact that their own final-test printout had the 65 msec access time. The bottom line is that I don't think j-b technologies knows much about hard disks and I would not be likely to purchase anything from them in the future. -- Peter Fales UUCP: ...att!ttrde!pfales work: (312) 416-5357 AT&T, Room 2F-217 200 Park Plaza Naperville, IL 60566