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From: cbenda@unccvax.UUCP (carl m benda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Miniscribe 3053's
Summary: Miniscribe...
Message-ID: <1094@unccvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 88 19:05:57 GMT
References: <13648@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <8549@cup.portal.com> <5368@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organization: Univ. of NC at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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In article <5368@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, slin@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Steven Philip Lin) writes:
> 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.

The Miniscribe that I use with Microport Unix system VAT is the 6053...
(yes that's with a six).  I have had the whole AT on its side for 3 months
now running continuously and has yet to be audible, sans accessing noises.
(Ever here a Rodime? well this one is quieter).

Important specs for this drive are:
		25ms Average Acess Time.
		43   Megabyte 
		1.625" Height
		5.750" Width
		8.000" Deep
		12.4 Watts

Its a super Trouper... I have had no problems with it since it was shipped
from Lifetime Memeory Products out of Austin.

Why did I buy it?  It was the fastest thing going for the money.  I paid 
569.00.  In retrospect I probably would have bought A seagate 4096.  But at
the time, the prices of those puppies was over 600 dollars. (They are slower
too (28ms)).

Oh, almost forgot, this disk has 1024 cylinders, 5 heads, and 3 disks..

/Carl
cbenda@unccvax