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From: tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Seagate Reseller News: quotes without comment
Message-ID: <1703@fallst.UUCP>
Date: 18 Aug 90 15:07:59 GMT
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In <32878@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:

>Besides the eleven (ten ST251 and one ST157) drives that went belly-up
>for me, I have hundreds of email items from others reporting problems with ALL
>Seagate drives, with the ST251 being the prime offender (re: stiction and
>non-spin).
^^^^^^^^^^
Every time I turn my machine off (very, very rarely), I have to open it
up, take out the ST-251, and give it a whack against the heel of my
hand to get it to spin up.  Other than that, it's a great drive...
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