Disk Drives

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Mon Feb 22 15:33:35 1999

>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.
Received on Mon Feb 22 1999 - 15:33:35 GMT