neese@adaptx1.UUCP (01/04/91)
>/* ---------- "Re: ST-1126N, ST-1162N, AHA1542B -" ---------- */ >>In article <1990Dec18.022455.9531@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes: >>cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) writes: >> >>>In article <wgstuken.661191750@faui4n>, >>>wgstuken@faui4n.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Wolfgang Stukenbrock (Dipl. >>>Zugangssystem Inf4)) writes: >>>|> blue@techunix.BITNET (Baruch Cochavy) writes: >>>|> >>>|> Don't buy Segaete drives. Take any other - everything is better >>>|> than a segaete! >> >>>The ST1126N is/was a CDC drive. It's actually not too bad. I have used it >>>on a Sun and my dad has one in his PC, so far no problems. I have had >>>problems with other Seagate SCSI drives though. You mileage may vary. >> >>as someone from cdc/imprimis said, seagate didn't change anything in the >>drives. so its just another label now. a hint, anyway: make sure your >>machine's fan keeps the drives cool (especially the big ones), they >>dissipate quite some heat. of course one should keep all machines/drives >>cool, but those cheapo fans often just don't make it. > >That's not true. Seagate changed Imprimis's media so that they now use >Seagate media. This is not quite right. Imprimis has always manufactured it's own media. They still do. In talking with some of the engineering folks at Imprimis/CDC, it appears that Seagate is now taking orders for media from the CDC media plant. Roy Neese Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer UUCP @ neese@adaptex uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utacfd! {nominil,merch,cpe}!adaptex!neese uunet!mlite!adaptex!neese