Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben From: ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: ST-1126N, ST-1162N, AHA1542B - any comments ? Message-ID: Date: 17 Dec 90 21:13:35 GMT References: <1990Dec17.102159@ecn.purdue.edu> <1990Dec18.022455.9531@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> Lines: 33 >In article <1990Dec18.022455.9531@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes: >cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) writes: > >>In article , >>wgstuken@faui4n.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Wolfgang Stukenbrock (Dipl. >>Zugangssystem Inf4)) writes: >>|> blue@techunix.BITNET (Baruch Cochavy) writes: >>|> >>|> Don't buy Segaete drives. Take any other - everything is better >>|> than a segaete! > >>The ST1126N is/was a CDC drive. It's actually not too bad. I have used it >>on a Sun and my dad has one in his PC, so far no problems. I have had >>problems with other Seagate SCSI drives though. You mileage may vary. > >as someone from cdc/imprimis said, seagate didn't change anything in the >drives. so its just another label now. a hint, anyway: make sure your >machine's fan keeps the drives cool (especially the big ones), they >dissipate quite some heat. of course one should keep all machines/drives >cool, but those cheapo fans often just don't make it. That's not true. Seagate changed Imprimis's media so that they now use Seagate media. > Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 > public source archive [HST V.42bis]: > scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp > uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home -- | ben@epmooch.UUCP (Ben Mesander) | "Cash is more important than | | ben%servalan.UUCP@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu | your mother." - Al Shugart, | | !chinet!uokmax!servalan!epmooch!ben | CEO, Seagate Technologies |