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From: rgm@utcsri.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga drive noise
Message-ID: <4688@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 04:28:24 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcsri.4688
Posted: Tue Apr 28 04:28:24 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 28-Apr-87 05:35:17 EDT
References: <3501@gitpyr.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: gbs@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Gideon Sheps)
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Toronto
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Keywords: noise,drives,disk brands
Summary: Could be the disks

In article <3501@gitpyr.gatech.EDU> conn@gitpyr.UUCP (Avery Shealey) writes:
>I have a new Amiga 1000 with an extenal drive. How much noice should
>the drives make? Both the internal drive and the external drives
>sound like old PC drives. I also noticed that when I use Maxell 2D
>disks, the drives are quieter than when I use the disks I bought when
>I got my amiga.

I normally use Fuji disks, and apart from the hideous grinding noise
the drive makes when seeking I get barely any noise at all.
For comparison: I borrowed a disk  from someone this afternoon
to bring home some software and it sounds terrible - like the disk is loose
inside the casing, I get a hiss-like noise that makes me think the disk is
being sandpapered in the drive. The guy I borrowed it from had a couple
of boxes of them - they had no brand name  ( just a made in USA stamp )
were black and were cheap (he said).
needles to say the software got moved onto a Fuji pronto.
summary: may well be the brand of disk thats the source of noise.

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