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From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
Organization: PE1CHL
Message-ID: <D3uu19.8Aw@pe1chl.ampr.org>
References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com> <3h3o9u$8oq@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <D3Lxxp.4Do@bonkers.taronga.com> <D3Mz2E.Cqr@txnews.amd.com> <D3oIKo.9D7@jonh.wimsey.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 21:22:21 GMT
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In <D3oIKo.9D7@jonh.wimsey.com> jhenders@jonh.wimsey.com (John Henders) writes:

>In <D3Mz2E.Cqr@txnews.amd.com> drp@dvorak.amd.com (Doug Puchalski) writes:

>>So what about Quantum drives?  They also have a 5yr warranty.  Any comments?

>	We've been using Seagate Barracudas since they first came out,
>and are very happy with them. A local distributer shipped us a Quantum
>Empire by mistake, so we decided to benchmark it against the Seagate on
>identical hardware. The Quantum is nice, but not as fast as the Seagate.

They are in a completely different price category, so that is not surprising.

Rob
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