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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Seagate Stiction Problems
Message-ID: <21046@cup.portal.com>
Date: 5 Aug 89 09:22:27 GMT
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Bob Lindabury writes:

"	I am sorry for the anonymous postings but for some reason my name is
	not being carried through the systems.  Hopefully that will be
	resolved by the time you read this message and then there will be no
	question as to who I am.
"

Gee, maybe if you logged in as OTHER than:

	"From: root@crash.cts.com (Super user)"

your name would accompany the postings!  :-)

and continues:

"	I do not dispute your findings but I did feel that others should
	benifit from others opinions on the subject.  Hence, the posts.  I
	hope Amiga users find this discussion enlightening and useful.
"

My next door neighbor benefitted; he was able to get BOTH his Macs' HDs
replaced on the present HD recall program after seeing my post of the Service
Note from Computer Plus. 'Sfunny Apple hasn't contacted their registered owners
about the problem.

One thing is clear: the problem is far more widespread than people would
otherwise believe (ref. the 690,000 bad HDs that Apple is presently replacing,
and the 500+ emails I've received from people responding to my postings in
comp.sys.amiga, comp.sys.att, and unix-pc.*).  The problem is also NOT limited
to Seagate.  As Douglas Peale (UC, Santa Barbara. Physics Computer Services)
implied in his posting reply, the HD manufacturers are ALL seeking better
lubricants for their platters, and the choice of lubricant is proprietary and/or
a trade-secret.

Consider the recent fiasco with Miniscribe; their platter supplier was shipping
junk (to Miniscribe) recently, and the situation was so bad there was real
concern Miniscribe was going belly-up.  Only a cash-infusion by "Big Red" (who
is this?  Unisys???) last week saved their hide.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]