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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Trade in those dead Jasmines
Summary: Hyperdrives aren't all bad
Keywords: Hyperdrive
Message-ID: <357@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 26 Jul 89 03:00:58 GMT
References: <2774@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <7075@microsoft.UUCP> <14646@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <117752@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <117752@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) writes:
>I seem to recall that in the dim, dark hyperdrive past, GCC had a pretty
>lousy reputation.  Haven't heard anything about them in the past few years,
>though.

Well, if I recall correctly, GCC's lousy reputation came primarily from their
internal hyperdrive series, which was in fact not really very robust.  I've
seen many a Mac with their insignia stuck to the case, but with a dead drive
inside, or an empty space where the drive used to be before it died.  However,
I own a GCC Hyperdrive FX/20.  The X in the designation stands for eXternal (it
sits beside the Mac, not under).  It's 2.5 years old now, and has never crashed
or had any difficulties whatever.  It's also quite fast.  My only gripe is that
it sometimes must be power-cycled before it will mount (1 in every 25 starts
or so).  I really don't mind that.  If the new drives are "zero-footprint" in
the sense that they are external, but sit under the Mac, then I would seriously
consider one.  I've been looking to expand my storage, anyway...

--Mike Kobb

Disclaimer: I don't work for them, I'm just a happy customer.  The opinions
expressed are mine.