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From: tissot@nicmad.UUCP (Kevin Tissot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Yet another Hard Disk question/problem (Miniscribe)
Summary: 3650's are loud but reliable
Keywords: Miniscribe 3650, loudness!! :-(
Message-ID: <3107@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 88 21:17:33 GMT
References: <13648@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
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Organization: Nicolet Audiodiagnostics
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In article <13648@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, markxx@garnet.berkeley.edu writes:
> [...]
> 	I recently got a Miniscribe 3650, 40 meg drive from CompuAdd.
> [...]
>	 Is this drive okay? Do all Miniscribes sound this loud???  
> [...]

 Miniscribe 3650's are loud and slow but reliable. The media is so good
that RLL encoding can be used with them, although this is not guaranteed
by Miniscribe. I have been using one for 3 months now with an Adaptec
2732A RLL controller with no problems. We also supply these in one of
our products with great success. There was a problem with units manufactured
before January 1988 which would cause the stepper motor arm to come loose,
but this problem was repairable without loss of data and has been fixed
in units manufactured after January 1988 (contact Miniscribe if you 
need the repair procedure -- the symptom is error code 'A' hex flashed
on the front LED). In summary, put up with the noise and you will have
an inexpensive, reliable drive.


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