#Micropolis PAR Drives
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Dear All,
I have been told by my dealer that the Micropolis Hard Disks recommended by DPS
for use with their PAR card are no longer being produced and that DPS has
bought up all remaining stocks and is selling them at grossly increased prices.
I was also told that DPS would not recommend the use of any other hard drives
until their stocks of the Micropolis drives had been sold!
Is this true? Does anyone have any other information?
Ian Raven.
Ian,
Not likely. I have a steady source of the appropriate Micropolis
drives. We're in the U.S., so I doubt that helps you specifically. I also had
not even heard of DPS offering drives at all. Doesn't make sense, really.
Anyway, the Conner 1275A (1.2 G) works at the same block rate & Q factor, just
slightly smaller capacity.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
Ian,
I've seen both Micro's advertised lately for way below what they were selling
for just 3-4 months ago. You can even find the 2217a for about $650-$700!
Micropolis is going to continue to support them. And the Conner is available
& recommended by DPS tech support.
-Scott
I was told by DPS that new drives are on the way for the PAR this year, and
Brick eksten told me that we might get to the point of nearing 3/1 compression
ratios even with the IDE drives that are supposed to be available at least by
the end of this year. He just said Micropolis was a bit ahead of their time by
producing these drives capable for AV and IDE.
Christophe