jh0576@leah.Albany.Edu (J Houghtaling) (09/08/89)
I hope buy a 40 meg hard drive in the near future. Anyone have any recommendations? Any drives I should especially try to avoid? Any companies I should try to avoid. Please respond via E-mail and I'll post a compilation of the responses for the benefit of the net. -------------------------------------------------------- Joe Houghtaling jh0576@leah.albany.edu
c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) (09/09/89)
Once again, I might get flamed for this, but avoid Seagates at
all cost! Companies that sell drives with Seagate mechanisms
include CMS, Ehman and Everex, among others.
Quantum drives are a little more expensive, about $600 for
40 megs, but they come with - get this - a FIVE YEAR
warranty. Make sure that the drive you're getting was made
within the last month, though, because there was a design
flaw in earlier versions that caused all the trouble you
might have read about here.
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FIDONET: Alex.Lau@bmug.fidonet.org (1:161/444)nino@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Nino Mateos) (09/11/89)
<warranty. Make sure that the drive you're getting was made
<within the last month, though, because there was a design
<flaw in earlier versions that caused all the trouble you
<might have read about here.
<--- Alex
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<INTERNET: c8s-an%franny.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
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If you know what the flaw is/was, could you please let the rest of us in
on it. I know the symptoms, surely somebody knows the cause. Specifically,
I'm not talking about "stiction" or "dead spots" on the drive motor. I want
to know why the drive spins up but the Mac can't find it!
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Nino Mateos
nino@dtc.hp.com