#A Lurker Says Thanks!
I've been lurking pretty steadily on this forum since I got my PAS 16 last
year, mostly to help figure out which CD-ROM drive to get. After following
everyone's comments, I pretty much had narrowed it down to either the Texel
3024 or the Toshiba 3401; I was leaning heavily toward the Toshiba.
A vendor at a computer fair I went to over the weekend had the Texel for $369
and the Tosh for $489. With both models staring me in the face, I decided that
65ms faster seek time, 192k larger buffer, and ~20kb greater transfer rate
wasn't worth $120, particularly since I'd seen several messages from satisfied
PAS/Texel owners here and in MediaVision's forum.
The installation was practically flawless, and the only problems I had were my
own: once, the SCSI cable wasn't fully attached to the PAS, then I
inadvertantly flipped the cable so that pin 1 wasn't connecting to pin 1! Once
those problems were remedied, everything was great!
Anyway, to those who are regular posters in this forum, a heartfelt "Thanks"
for all your comments. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's found them helpful.
Evan