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From: waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu
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Subject: Re: external hd for nexts
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.120136.1@capd.jhuapl.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 17:01:36 GMT
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In article <1991Jun6.033641.17670@umbc3.umbc.edu>, brian@umbc4.umbc.edu (Brian 
Cuthie) writes:
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> 
> The top three things to look for in a drive are:
> 
> 	1. Noise
> 
> 	2. Noise
> 
> 	3. Noise
> 
	I agree.

> The NeXT is an incredible machine and it's quiet too.  Until... you put
> some monster drive in or next to it that makes a ton of noise.  Now you may
> not be a believer, but I kid you not that when it's 2:00 AM and the only
> noise you can hear is the obnoxious high pitched whine from your Seagate
> drive, you're going to boot it out the window.  It's bad enough that I
> am currently trying to get a Quantum to replace the seagate I am about to 
> return.  So I say unto you now: Shun those squealy drives and make 
> the weenies at seagate realize that in the days of personal workstations it
> is no longer acceptable to make loud drives.  Thank you...

	The NeXTstation with the Seagate 400 Mbyte internal drive is very
	quiet (at least mine is).  On the other hand, I have a Seagate drive in
	a FaST enclosure hooked to an Atari ST and the squealy noise source is
	the fan in the enclosure.  So if your drive is the actual noise source,
	it may just be a particular Seagate model or your particular drive.


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