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From: SQ79%liverpool.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Mark Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Triangle turbo hard drives and MINIX
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Date: 1 Aug 89 14:14:18 GMT
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   Thanks for the previous info. on the Third Coast Technologies hard
drives. The hard drive I will eventually buy now seems to be either the
TCT one or a drive that I have recently seen advertised by Triangle.
   Their 40 Meg. drive retails for about 429 pounds sterling. There doesn't
seem to be that much special about it, except that it is advertised as
being a "Turbo hard drive". They seek at 11ms, so I presume this is what
they mean by being turbo! What I would like to know from the net is anyones
experiences with hard drives made by Triangle and this drive in particular.
Also, a major factor IS IT ST MINIX COMPATIBLE???? As I've said before I'd
like to make sure of this fact before I fork out lots of green ones (well
gold ones now-adays.)
   I know that seek rate is not the only factor governing drive speed, but
I thought a fast seek rate would be handy for Minix use, as minix is
generally reading a lot of small files and so needs to seek a lot.
   If anybody has any info., I'd be pleased to hear about it.
Thanks in advance, to anyone who has.

Mark Powell

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