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From: wfp@dasys1.UUCP (William Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard disk problem
Summary: ST-238s aren't all _that_ bad
Message-ID: <6079@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 88 06:54:50 GMT
References: <20173@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <6339@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <11878@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: wfp@dasys1.UUCP (William Phillips)
Organization: This Techie For Hire (tm)
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In article <11878@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bobmon@iuvax.UUCP (RAMontante) writes:

>I have one of those notorious ST-238/Adaptec-2070 combinations that gave
>everyone problems when they first came out, but I thought I'd gotten past
>the adolescent blues and that I had a well-behaved, middle-aged drive.

Mine, purchased in January '87, seems to have settled down.  I haven't
(knock on wood) had any significant problems with it in about a year.
Added a second ST-238 (R, with green light) in July, which seems OK too
(once I figured out that the dealer had given me the wrong cable ;-).

There was a batch of really bad 238's made not that long after my old one;
unfortunately, I've forgotten the exact dates (approx. 12/??/86 thru 1/??/87).
If yours was made then, it might be chronically flaky.

>[mention of air-conditioning related problems]

I used to have the PC in a centrally air-conditioned house, where the
temperature was kept pretty steady most of the time.  I had problems then.
Since we moved (a year ago) to a house with room air conditioners (and my PC
is indeed directly under one), the problems have ceased(!?)  Also, when I
installed the second 238, I remounted the old one (so that each one is above
a floppy, rather than having them stacked), and anticipated problems due to the
change in stresses  on the housing, which is a notorious source of trouble.
However, nothing of the sort happened.

I'm basically pretty happy with the Seagate/Adaptec combination.  I just 
wish they had designed an easier way to install the damn things into the
cabinet!

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