mrush@csuchico.edu (Losing Peer on the Net of Life) (05/08/90)
In article <5699@amiga.UUCP> jimm@superman.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes: >In article <1359@stsci.edu> kyp@stsci.EDU (Mark Kyprianou) writes: >)I'm planning on buying a 40-50Meg Harddrive. The drives I've looked at >)are the Quantum(40Mb), and the Seagate ST-157N(49Mb). Any suggestions/ >)recommendations concerning these drives or other drives under $400. Which >)drive is more reliable mechanically? MTBF? >) >)I've noticed some advertisements offer a ST-157N-0 or a ST-157N-1, what >)are the differences? > >One of them is as fast as "advertised" and the other is not. I forget >which is which, but I got the slow one. Sent it back and bought The ST-157N-0 is the SLOW one. The ST-157N-1 is the FAST one. A friend and I just recently discovered this little idiosyncracy in Seagate's naming strategy. For those who care, or don't know, the 'N', I'm told, denotes SCSI interface. -- Matt *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* % I wanna use Virtual Memory to create % mrush@csuchico.edu % % a giant RAM disk! % mrush@cscihp.UUCP % *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* This is a SCHOOL! Do you think they even CARE about MY opinions?!