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From: jan@bagend.UUCP (Jan Isley)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: 40 meg hard drive for 7300 without modifications??
Message-ID: <818@bagend.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 89 00:31:35 GMT
References: <46@docwrk.UUCP>
Reply-To: jan@bagend.UUCP (Jan Isley)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: Just me and my computers, Marietta, GA
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In article <46@docwrk.UUCP> srh@docwrk.UUCP (Steven R. Houser) writes:
>Is there a fairly reliable 40 meg drive out there that can be installed 
>on the 7300 with minimum hassle and no hardware modifications?  Or am I 
>dreaming?

In the last year and a half, I have installed hundreds of drives in unix pcs.
Here are some stats, rough estimates on quantities, but you get the picture.

Seagate
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251-1	2 failures, 100 units.
151-1	0 failures,  20 units.
4096	0 failures,  30 units, without P5.1 upgrade.
4096	0 failures,   5 units, with P5.1 upgrade.

Microscience
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1050	0 failures, 30 units.
1075   10 failures, 30 units.
1090   12 failures, 40 units, with WD2010 chip.

Miniscribe
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3085    0 failures, 40 units, with WD2010 chip.

Again, these quantities are rounded estimates, but the picture is fairly 
accurate.  I have had other weird problems with the Miniscribe, see my posting
last week for this.

Jan
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