22 Feb
1999
22 Feb
'99
7:33 a.m.
I just got a call from a friend of mine who asked me
about some Micropolis
drives. Apparently there are several different model numbers, but the one
he gave me was a 1568. His indication was that these were new in the box,
full-height drives, and this one was 750 MB. It sounds like they are for
sale at about $10 each, maybe less (there are 20 or so.) Anyone know what
these were used for or what they might go to? They will end up being
scrapped in the near future (couple of days to a week so I was told.)
Micropolis went belly up last year from poor quality and high returns.
About a year after bankruptcy most of the assets went over the auction
block, and are flowing into the resale market. I wouldn't buy one of their
drives at any price, but I know people who are or were Micropolis dealers
that grab it up and sell it. Those big old drives are from raid arrays, and
I even have some external cases they go in, but I can't recommend them to a
end user unfamiliar with the products. Shipping weight is also a killer.