Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: amiga placement Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 88 19:02:37 GMT References: <2947@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <708@nuchat.UUCP>, <2383@umd5.umd.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: <2383@umd5.umd.edu> Louis Mamakos writes: > You'd think from reading this newsgroup that the disk hardware is flaky; it > just ain't so. I have had an A1000 for about a year and a half now. The internal drive was somewhat flaky when I bought it (it was a reconditioned model), but it was still within operable limits. I had trouble formatting disks that other Amigas would format, but other than that I had few problems. The problem arose when I turned the machine on its side. I had an increase in the number of disk problems, and at times I couldn't boot the machine because it would not read Kickstart. Several months later, the drive failed entirely. I took it to the computer store, and waited two weeks for a new disk drive. A month after the new drive was installed, it wouldn't write data to the disk anymore. I brought it back to the store, waited another week, was told "it passes diagnostics," and took it home. Still had the problem. Took it back to the store, told them exactly what to do to reproduce the problem. I was told the replacement disk drive was also defective. I waited another three weeks for them to order a new disk drive. In the meantime, I gave up on the work I had to do for the computer graphics course I was taking due to lack of Amiga (I have an incomplete in the course pending my back assignments). So from where I sit, I am not enamored with 3 1/2" drive technology at all. I guess the point of all this is that turning the computer on its side *DOES* have an effect on drive performance, though you may have problems only if your drive is out of spec. In any event, I certainly won't do it again. --M Michael Portuesi / Carnegie Mellon University ARPA/UUCP: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu BITNET: rainwalker@drycas "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now...only much, much better" --Laurie Anderson, "Language is a Virus"