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From: balzer@frambo.dec.com (Christian Balzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Seagate.
Summary: Mystic HD transformations...
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Date: 11 Jul 89 13:05:42 GMT
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In article <3687@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes...
>That's ok.  Last month I watched the DEC field service people pull a Quantum 
>out of a Microvax (DEC private-labels Quantums as DEC RD53's at 500% markup) 
>for replacement due to it deciding to eat the spindle bearings -- the drive 
>was 9 months old.  Impressive sounds were coming from that cabinet prior to 
>it's death....

Would you care to elaborate that? Or maybe take a second look?

The last time I checked (1 hour ago) the two RD53's connected to my Amiga
were Micropolis 1325 drives, VERY reliable and fast ST-506 drives.
I've been mutilating one of them for about 2 years now w/o any problems
whatsoever.
While I've no experiences with Seageate drives, the 20MB Epson unit that
came with my A2090 died with a stuck spindle while I attended CeBIT '87.
Luckily the sucker was still under warranty, and it's successor still works
fine.

Regards,

- <CB>
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