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From: dick@zaphod.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Faster PC Hard Disks
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Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 13:46:02 EST
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Reply-To: dick@plx.UUCP (Dick Flanagan)
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Running a Seagate ST225 with an RLL controller (Adaptec 2070A in my
case), is like taking a single-sided diskette and formatting it for
double-sided use--98% of the time it will work just fine, but none
of the suppliers will guarantee that it will.

My combination WAS a tad flaky until I thoroughly burned in the
pair of them (I actuall have two ST225's installed) with the cont-
roller, and they now appear to be running just as smooth as can be.

HOWEVER, be careful with _recently_ purchased ST225's and ST238's--
word on the street has it they are both sufferring from quality-
control problems that causes their internal track register to get
(and sometimes stay) out of sync with their actual track position.
This doesn't apparently cause any lost data, but often requires a
reset to be able to read again.  So please buy your hard disks from
a dealer they can be returned to if they turn out to be defective,
and be sure to really burn them in when you first get them.

-- 
Dick Flanagan, W6OLD
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