Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!oxtrap!mudos!mju
From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 60MB hard disks -- Which to buy?
Message-ID: <632.2515BB61@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 89 20:53:40 EDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:120/129 - Starship Enterprise, Ann Arbor MI

I am currently in the market for a 60MB hard disk to stick in my 
Zenith Z-148 (XT compatible).  CompuAdd lists a 60MB MiniScribe 
RLL disk (they don't say what the model number is; perhaps some 
smart net.person knows?) for $389 plus s/h, etc.  (Specs on the
disk: half-height, RLL, 1.5Mbit/sec xfer rate, 61ms average access
time.)  Is this a good price?  Is this a good disk?  Should I
be looking for something else; perhaps a Seagate?  (Note that
I'm trying to get this for $400 or under, so I'm not looking
for a CDC or Core hard disk that's built like a tank, has a 10ms
access time and will probably outlast my computer.  Just a good,
reasonably-priced, 60MB hard disk.)

I'm also planning on keeping my current ST-225, hooking it up to
the RLL controller, and getting a grand total of 90MB out of this.
I think that this is one of the "new" ST-225's, with the green
access light and all.  Is RLLing the ST-225 a safe thing to do?
(BTW, don't worry about voiding warantees -- The one on this drive
ran out a while ago.)  Will I stand a great risk of losing my
data?  If I shouldn't RLL the ST-225, is it possible to put both
MFM and RLL controllers in the same machine?

--  
Marc Unangst
Internet: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us
UUCP    : ...!uunet!sharkey!mudos!mju
Fidonet : Marc Unangst of 1:120/129.0
BBS     : The Starship Enterprise, 1200/2400 bps, +1 313-665-2832
ÿ