blue@techunix.BITNET (Baruch Cochavy) (12/11/90)
I am about to put an AHA1542B SCSI controller into my 386SX system. I am
thinking of using one of the above mentioned drives with it. Maybe
someone with first hand experience with those drives and controller can
comment on the configuration ?
Thanks in advance,
Baruch
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ISRAEL | | (972)-4-387520wgstuken@faui4n.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Wolfgang Stukenbrock (Dipl. Zugangssystem Inf4)) (12/15/90)
blue@techunix.BITNET (Baruch Cochavy) writes:
Don't buy Segaete drives. Take any other - everything is better
than a segaete!
Wolfgangcyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) (12/17/90)
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. -ingo -- /* Ingo Cyliax ECN, Electrical Engineering Bldg. * * cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu Purdue University, W. Lafayette,IN 47907 * * ing@cc.purdue.edu Work: (317) 494-9523 * * cyliax@pur-ee.UUCP Home: (317) 474-0031 */
ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) (12/18/90)
>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. > Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 > public source archive [HST V.42bis]: > scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp > uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |
src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) (12/18/90)
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. -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home
BACON@MTUS5.BITNET (Jeffery Bacon) (12/19/90)
IME, tho, the ST1126N is a relatively slow drive. We have some 20 of them hooked to various sun equipment here. Based on the benchmarks I ran on them, they're not all that fast, or certainly no faster than the also-prevalent Quantum 105S's around here, which is not saying much...and our Wren VI's leave them in the dust. Sure they're originally CDC products? That's news to me. | Jeffery Bacon General Systems Hack, Computing Technology Services | | bacon@mtus5.bitnet Michigan Technological University | | bacon@mtu.edu ph-(906)487-2110 fax-(906)487-2787 |
ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) (12/20/90)
>In article <1990Dec20.163202.22348@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes: >ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes: >>That's not true. Seagate changed Imprimis's media so that they now use >>Seagate media. > >i forgot: where did you get that info from? is Elvis still alive? Seagate did a two-page spread on this in EE Times a few months after they bought Imprimis. It was full of buzzwords like "excellence", and "quality" (used as an adjective). They gave thier media being used in _all_ thier products (including Wren and Sabre), as being an example of thier committment to bring costs down and to ensure quality. > Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |
src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) (12/21/90)
ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes: >Seagate changed Imprimis's media [ <- that should be 'drives' i think] >so that they now use Seagate media. does that mean we shouldn't buy those drives anymore?! did seagate also change the sabre (8") drives? -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home
src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) (12/21/90)
ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes: >That's not true. Seagate changed Imprimis's media so that they now use >Seagate media. i forgot: where did you get that info from? is Elvis still alive? -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home