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From: tran@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Andy-Cuong Tran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Supra 45meg
Message-ID: <32314@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 22 Sep 89 00:40:58 GMT
Reply-To: tran@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Andy-Cuong Tran)
Distribution: usa
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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To fellow netters and Supra Corp.:

     I recently bought a Supra 45 meg hard drive for my ST
system.  I'm very impressed with its speed, built-in clock
option, DMA thru port and SCSI thru port.  Overall, it's a very
solid product.  However, I've also discovered some very annoying
aspects of my hard drive:

     1).  The cable from the drive to the ST is only 28 inches
long!

     2).  The on/off switch is in the back of the unit.

     3).  I cannot boot off my floppy disk when the hard drive is
off and connected to the ST, even when the hard drive has not
been set to autoboot.  This is important during extended periods
of game playing.  Is this a characteristic of the Supra host
controller or of all devices connected to the DMA port?

     4).  My last and most serious complaint is the amount of
noise my Supra hard drive generates.  The problem is not with the
built-in fan, but with the drive mechanism Supra used in my
model.  In my case, it was a Miniscribe .  The noise, I believe
is created by the constantly rotating platters.  Is it typical
for the platters of a drive mechanism to be in constant motion?

     If anyone out there has a Supra drive or has any suggestions
or comments, I would like to hear from you.  The noise is
especially unbearable during long wordprocessing sessions. 
Thanks in advance...

tran@orion.arpa