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From: stephens@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com (Daniel Stephens)
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: 01 Feb 1995 22:29:21 GMT
Organization: Abbott Laboratories
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Message-ID: <STEPHENS.95Feb1162921@sycamore.pprd.abbott.com>
References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com>
<791607453james.james@george.ankeny.ia.us>
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In-reply-to: james@george.ankeny.ia.us's message of Tue, 31 Jan 95 20:57:33 CST
>>>>> "James" == James Shoemaker <james@george.ankeny.ia.us> writes:
James> In article <3gjhe1$ced@pentagon.io.com>
James> janos@pentagon.io.com (Der Gestiefelte Kater) writes:
>> In article <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org>, Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
>> wrote:
>>> I didn't choose the Seagate for any particular reason... what
>>> is bought in the end could just as well be a Quantum or
>>> Micropolis or Fujitsu drive. Any names to stay away from in
>>> the 500-meg range?
>>>
>> 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.
>>
James> Interesting, I have never had a problem with a Segate.
James> Rodime, Miniscribe, Maxtor, and Western-Digital yes, but
James> never a problem with a Segate (and I have used MANY of
James> them, though usually > 600 Meg capacity) If my current
James> Segate lasts through the warranty (5 years) I will be very
James> happy.
James> Segate has had problems with its small, low-end line
James> in the past. I have no idea if they have gone away.
James> Micropolis and Fujitsu have never had a small, low-end
James> line, and Quantum has been historically a high-end
James> (price-wise) drive, though that has changed.
I recently bought a Seagate 1GB drive, and was very slightly concerned due
to some problems with their drives in the past. I was going to buy a
Micropolis drive but they have compatibility problems with the SCSI card I
was getting (Adaptec 2842), so I went with the Seagate. The salesman admitted
that yes, there were some problems with Seagate's drives in the past, but that
they hadn't heard of any problems recently (mind you, this just proves he's a
good salesman 8-).
Anyway, I expressed my concern to someone who deals with and supports
machines with SCSI drives, and he said that he'd had three drives go bad
from the same batch a while ago, but had had absolutely no problems with
Seagate drives since..
So, I'm fairly confident my drive isn't suddenly going to die..
Daniel.
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