12 Nov
1998
12 Nov
'98
12:29 p.m.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:09:17 -0700 (MST)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Daybreak hard drives (was Re: Collectibles for the future)
Junk? Um... I have two other drives that are working
flawlessly. The one
that failed was one of the first scsi insider zip drives out. Hardware bugs
happen. The replacement has worked flawlessly ever since.
PS: Don't feel too bad for them. They refurbish the drives and sell them
through places like Damark. :)
-Jim
To add, I have also a 2nd generation (the one with brass hub) zip
external parallel sitll working for last 1 years.
This works very well provided use is few times a week not daily use
hours on end. Ditto to saving much life for laptop floppy drives so
that zip drive make perfect sub and networking is best still.
Clicking Of Death is COD in short. It sounds exactly like the
"trump" without the click in working ones but do that twice every 1
second.
Jason D.
PS: Got dud zip drive(s) and ruined disks? Send one or two to me, I
need to verfiy the "fabled" jewels bearing and study the designs.
email: jpero(a)cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.