Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dayton!jad
From: jad@dayton.UUCP (J. Deters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive for A500
Summary: Cheaper is as cheaper does
Keywords: seagate == problems
Message-ID: <6798@dayton.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 15:25:24 GMT
References: <1989Oct10.200713.4753@cec1.wustl.edu>
Reply-To: jad@dayton.UUCP (J. Deters)
Organization: Dayton-Hudson Dept. Store Co.
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[Line-eater, line-eater, munch me some text]

In article <1989Oct10.200713.4753@cec1.wustl.edu> bdo8650@cec2.wustl.edu (Bryan Dennis O'Connor) writes:
>
>	I'm looking to buy a Hard Drive system for my Amiga 500.  Most
>probably I will buy a controller separate from the drive, so I can cash
>in on cheap Seagate prices.  

>[...deleted controller question that I can't answer...]

>	My next question is kind of a generic seagate drive question.

I have some generic Seagate answers...

My [day] job involves a network of about 120 IBM PC/ATs.  They were
installed in our stores between 1987 and 1988, and have been running
continuously ever since.  (We do not power our equipment down.)  Some of
them (maybe 10%) have Seagate C: drives, but all the rest have IBM
Rochester drives throughout.

Every disk drive failure we've had has been a Seagate drive.

Over 70% of the Seagate drives have failed over the course of three years.
Would I buy one?  Nope.  $pend the extra dollars for a decent drive!
Your up front investment will save you no end of crap and expensive
repair bills down the line.  Even a starving student has to understand
that a cheapo drive will cost you plenty in a year or two.

>If I buy one from a Mail Order company, what does it come with?  Case?  
>Will I need to buy more than just a controller and drive?  Will I need to 
>buy a fan or power supply?  (I just want to make sure that I know of 
>every cost I am going to be having.)

If you buy an 'external' drive, it will come with case, power supply,
and fan.  If you buy an 'internal' drive, you will have to supply all
mounting, power, etc. in your hardware.

Hope this helps,

-j
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J. Deters
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