Date   : Wed, 06 Jul 1983 17:34:00 PDT
From   : MMOON.ES@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
Subject: Re:

Eric,

       I have been running the Optronics board on my s-100 system for over a
month with no adverse effects.  In fact, the soft error rate on my disks
(DT8's) due to dirt, etc. seems to have gone down sharply: one error
since the installation, as opposed to one or two a week before.

On the negative side, the documentation could have been better, since
this is not for the casual hardware hacker.  While I found the
installation to require only about 20 min., homework prior to
installation was about two hours.  The bottom line here is how
off-the-wall your drive's option configuration is & how familiar you are
with the same.  Depending on if you're running something really, ah,
customized (?) or not, things can get hairy, though the Optronics board
should work just about anywhere.

On balance, I'm quite happy with the installation.  Good luck.

               --Moon