From: rusty@red-dwarf.cit.cornell.edu (AARON LAMONT LLOYD)
Subject: HD stuff, Mail Order, Deadbeats, etc.
Followup-To: rusty@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu
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Keywords: Dataflyer, Briwall/Computability, Deadbeats
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 20:09:52 GMT

Folks,

Greetings!

Just finished reading a lot of messages from my *favorite* newsgroup.
A couple of comments:

(Before I start, these are my opinions only. Please don't miscontrue them
as anyone else's.)

1) On the subject of Mail Order: I have dealt with only 2 stores: Aamiga
Warehouse and Computability (Hard Drive, and External Drive). Both were 
very good places, and I got my stuff pretty much within 2-3 days after I
ordered it. (aamiga warehouse: Ordered Wednesday, came Saturday;
computability: Ordered Thursday, came Tuesday.) The only difference is that
Aamiga Warehouse sent it out immediately, and Computability sent it out
the next day (but they told me they were going to.). Both came nicely
packaged, and well invoiced. I dealt with these guys through personal
recommendation. That, I guess, is one way, ask your friends about what are
the good stores, and use them. As for mail order, it beats the hell out of
retail. In a large way.

2) Used vs. New stuff: The only thing I got used was my Ami itself. That
came nicely, and I had no problems with it, and the guy even helped me set
it up when I got confused. (Thanks, Dan.) However, in buying other stuff,
I usually went new because it only cost a few dollars more, and it saved
me the heartache of making sure the stuff I procured used was 1) good and
2) bought from a reliable person. If you do used buying from the net,
chances are you WILL get the stuff you asked for (because the net is a
powerful medium if something goes wrong), but you do take it into your own
hands. Most people I have heard from on the net are honest and pretty cool.
However, stuff that I've heard about just makes my skin crawl at times, 
so I'm kinda reluctant to make big hardware purchases over the net. 
But, that's just me. However, if I do used purchases, I like doing them
C.O.D. That has always worked really well for me, and if it ain't broke,
why fix it, right?

3) Shameless plugs: 1) The A.I.R. drive (external) is: cool looking,
small, has an on/off switch, and a read light. 'Tis a little noisy, but
that's ok. 2) Dataflyer 500 controller. It was easy to set up, easy to
format, nice and quiet, has a funky little in/use light, and is cheaper
than spit. I am VERY satisfied with it. I installed a Q52LPS drive in it,
and it is sooooo quiet. (The d-flyer comes with step-by step instructions.
Coolness personified.)

4) Things that I am looking for: 1) a ram expansion board for my d-flyer
(SCSI) 2) a game called Killer Cloud 3) advice on a really decent HD
backup system/utilities. If anyone can help me out, please let me know, ok?
I really want Killer Cloud used if I can get it.

Thanks for listening to me babble, and thanks for keeping me so informed!


Rusty
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