Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!yale!yale.edu!noc.near.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!millen3 From: millen3@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Neal W. Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Fast Mitsumi drive < $200 Date: 24 Apr 1994 23:08:44 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2peu5s$4sb@usenet.rpi.edu> References: <17305.brat0010@gold.tc.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rebecca.its.rpi.edu Xref: cdrom.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:2228 alt.cd-rom:2900 "brat0010" writes: > I saw an ad for a Mitsumi 2x drive with a 250ms access time. The price >on this drive was $179. It sounds like a very attractive deal, as it is >less expensive than most 2x drives, and has a much faster access time. > Is there some hidden flaw, or incompatability, that makes this drive so >cheap ? If not it seems like a super deal! I'm buying the same drive (FX001D) lightly used for $100... From what I gather, it's a respectable drive. The only drawback is that it's caddyless, but I think it's a good deal. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neal Miller | Rensselaer Polytech. | "This Side Up - Not Plummet Please!" millen3@rpi.edu | Troy, NY 12180 | - the box for my Taiwanese CPU fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------