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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:17650 comp.os.linux.hardware:1621 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5179 comp.os.os2.misc:123817 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!not-for-mail From: chris@cc.gatech.edu (Chris Adams) Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 1 Feb 1995 16:52:56 -0500 Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3govro$p7h@oscar.cc.gatech.edu> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com> <3gjigj$8rj@lace.Colorado.EDU> <3gmt38$pmp@ionews.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: oscar.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: chris In article <3gmt38$pmp@ionews.io.org>, leef <leef@io.org> wrote: >>: Yes : Seagate. I had a Seagate drive that started to have bit rot right >>: after when the warranty (get this : 12 months) has run out. I've >>: talked to people with similar problems. Stay away from Seagate. >>Well, for whatever it's worth, I've got a 340MB Seagate (an ST3390N) >>that's given me absolutely no problems in a bit over a year of use. >I've had my Seagate 300mb scsi for 3 to 4 years and it still works (albeit >very slowly:). Luck of the draw. You want slow? How about my TWO Seagate ST251-1 (40MB MFM drives - the -1 means the FAST model - 28ms average seek). Both are around 7 years old. One has three bad sectors on it (came that way new), the other is clean. One has Linux, one has DOS (maybe not for long though!). -- Chris Adams - Computer Science chris@cc.gatech.edu -or- gt8741b@prism.gatech.edu - formerly racerx@iquest.com "With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?" - Buddy, 'Night Court' Abandon all hope, ye who PRESS ENTER here.