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From: slin@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Steven Philip Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Miniscribe 3053's
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Date: 1 Sep 88 04:38:53 GMT
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In article <3887@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM> keithe@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes:
>In article <8549@cup.portal.com> Sorceress@cup.portal.com writes:
>>I have had a Miniscribe 6053 for 10 months now. At first, I too was worried
>>about the noise they make. . .
>
>This note is in regard to the Miniscribe 3053 product line, a
>half-height, 42 Megabyte capcacity drive:
>
>Within the last year I supervised the construction of nine (9) 386AT
>systems into which Miniscribe 3053's were installed. One was DOA
>(dead on arrival); since then two (2) more have been sent back for
>repair. . .

     I've heard from some people that the Miniscribe 3053 won't work while
on its side.  Something about the stepper motor or voice coil (whatever
they use to move the heads) not being strong enough to move the heads
while the unit was sitting sideways.  The low power rating seems to lend
credibility to this.  I beleieve the 3053 uses only approx. 14 watts.  A
comparable drive, the Seagate 4053, which has the same number of heads
and cylinders, as well as avg. access time, consumes 28 watts.  And I
know for a fact that Seagates have no problem working on its side.
Perhaps the Miniscribes don't have enough power to work sideways.