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From: jwelter@ibm.net   (John Welter)
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: 7 Feb 1995 03:40:09 GMT
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In <D3Lxxp.4Do@bonkers.taronga.com>, peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>If Seagates need that much more cooling then I'd recommend not using the
>overheating power hungry monsters anyway. Other companies manage to avoid
>wasting power like that (which is, after all, what overheating really comes
>down to).

What else are you supposed to use?  Seagate is the only company that has
really jumped into the 1-2 gig market with a really fast drive at a decent price.

Comparable HP's or DEC's cost twice as much and they are not any faster or
reliable.  And, I'm not sure they run all that much cooler.

If Sun stuff's Seagate drive's into the pizza box SparcStation box's without adding
the proper cooling capacity, then it simply become's a waranty problem for Sun.

And, then it also becomes a problem with Sun, and not with Seagate.......

Let the blame point at the real offender, not the scapegoat.