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From: nraoaoc@nmt.edu (NRAO Array Operations Center)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Compare Quantam and Seagate?
Summary: Quantum/GVP support is excellent
Keywords: Hard Drive
Message-ID: <1990Jul23.063352.12512@nmt.edu>
Date: 23 Jul 90 06:33:52 GMT
References: <1990Jul21.041844.23344@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <34198@ut-emx.UUCP>
Sender: ppalmer@nrao.edu <Patrick Palmer>
Followup-To: ppalmer@nrao.edu <Patrick Palmer>
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In article <34198@ut-emx.UUCP> lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
>In article <1990Jul21.041844.23344@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mkiteam@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (E.Japel) writes:
[too much left out, sorry]
>Differences between a Quantum and a Seagate:
[lots of good points favoring Quantum drives left out]
>  3)  Quantum drives aren't known for failing to spin up.

	True, if read carefully.  But,I have one on a GVP hardcard
that has the notorious stiction problem.  I am not writing this to
criticize either GVP or Quantum.  I have had this hardcard for 2
years.  I called GVP and they sent me (at no charge) a chip from
Quantum to place on the drive to fix the problem.  It didn't help.
They sent me another one, no help.  I called again and GVP said "send
the drive back and we will give you one that works, and probably works
better than the original one.  After 2 years of use!!  I don't know
how the cost is shared between GVP and Quantum, but I think the net
result for support would be very hard to beat.

>  4)  If you drop a Quantum drive out an 11th story window, it would not be
>      too surprising to see it come out unharmed.
	[too good to edit out]

Pat Palmer (email: ppalmer@nrao.edu)