pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) (06/18/88)
In article <11281@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >The ST251 is a 42MB half height. I have accumulated one year each on two >of these drives, and have had zero problems. If the 38ms seek is too >slow there is a 251-1 model with 28ms seek. If I were buying again I'd >get it. It's plated media, and RLL controller makers have said it works >with their drives. I'm waititng for time to try. What is really interesting is that the latest ST-251's I've tried had sub-30 ms seek times. Possibly, Seagate could be making one drive, and selling as ST-251's those that don't meet -1 specs. *This is only a rumor*. I have no way of checking it out! Seagate definitely seems to have been working on their drive quality. Recent ST-225's have better quality media as well, reported to work well on RLL controllers by Perstor (c.f. my list of RLL-able drives, provided by Perstor; the relevant part is that ST-225 rev #003 with S/N > 1,000,000, and rev #003B and up, all work well with RLL). Pete -- OOO __| ___ Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises OOOOOOO___/ _______ USPS: 19611 La Mar Court, Cupertino, CA 95014 OOOOO \___/ UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete ___| \_____ Phone: 408/996-7746