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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Why do magazine's review mail-order PC brands
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Date: 20 Mar 90 12:22:11 GMT
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In article <260564e0-2559.15comp.ibmpc-1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) wrote:
}>Response 14 of 14 (9561) by boyne at hplvli.HP.COM on Sun 18 Mar 90 15:26
}>[Art Boyne]
}(lots on stiction problems with Seagate drives)
}
}Note too that I've never had a voice-coil Seagate drive fail in this manner,
}including 4051's, 4096's, etc.  Only the 251's seem to be succeptible to

Then you were lucky.  I had a 4051 fail due to stiction after about 2.5 years
(though the first incident was after about 17 months, when it had been turned
off for two weeks while I was on vacation).


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