rchampe@hubcap.UUCP (Richard Champeaux) (03/14/89)
In article <976@cs.rit.edu>, msl5864%ritcv@cs.rit.edu writes: > > Hi, > > I have my sixth 20Mb Supradrive from the Supra Corporation. The other 5 > have died and have been replaced over the past 2 years. I don't want to deal > with Supra corp anymore. My current Supra 20Mb drive is dead, and I absolutely > need to make a backup of part of a partition. Could I borrow or buy a new > interface card and a Miniscribe 8425 controller from somebody? > > Michael S. Leibow > UUCP: rochester!ritcv!msl5864 > BITNET: MSL5864@RITVAX My Supradrive controller and 20Mb drive for my 1000 became unreliable, so I ordered an Amiga 2000, a GVP Impact 2000 controller, and a seagate 80Mb drive. While I was waiting for my 80Mb drive to arrive, I decided to use my Miniscribe 8425 drive. When I took it out of it's case, I discovered that it's mounted with the circuit board up. Maybe it doesn't matter with Miniscribe drives, but I know for a fact that Seagate drives can't be mounted that way. In fact they say that it a prohibited orientation, and mounting it that way will void the warrenty. I was having trouble with my GVP controller and while talking to GVP's tech guy, I mentioned how Supra mounted my Miniscribe. He was rather suprised, and told me that Miniscribe drives aren't supposed to mounted that way either, because the bearings aren't designed to support weight in that direction. My Supradrive lasted a year and a half before it became flakey. I originally assumed that it was the controller that went bad, because the clock stopped working a month after I bought it, but now I think that maybe it's the drive that was flakey. Rich Champeaux Clemson Universiy