While it's true that not everyone liked KALOK, I'd not be influenced too
much by the fact they're no longer with us. IMI, CMI, Miniscribe, Shugart,
and many others are gone, too. Not everyone like their products either.
You should probably determine whether these babies work before you ditch
them. They don't have enough aluminum scrap value to justify destroying
them before you know whether they work. If they do they are worth a few
dollars to you and a week of headaches, aspirin, MAALOX, prune juice, and
whiskey to the buyer. . . but it's YOUR money, and it's HIS headaches . . .
get the picture?
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Kalok Drives
>At 12:10 03-07-1999 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>I have a pair of Kalok drives, a KL320 and a KL330 (20 and 30 Mbyte,
>>perhaps?), each on a sort of "hard card" thing for a PeeCee. The
>>interfaces are apparently made by Seagate.
>
> Kalok?! AHHHHHHH!!!!
>
> Seriously, I've had awful experiences with the few Kalok drives I tried,
>and I've heard other horror stories as well. They are known to be one of
>the least reliable drives ever made, and Kalok themselves folded some time
>ago.
>
>>I do not know what is on them, or even if they work. Any interest out
>>there? If not, I am going to scrap them out.
>
> Use them for sledgehammer practice, then send them to the aluminum
>recycler. Can I watch? ;-)
>
>
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Received on Sat Jul 03 1999 - 11:39:06 BST