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From: pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Can You Identify This Hard Drive?
Keywords: ST251-1
Message-ID: <637@hscfvax.harvard.edu>
Date: 11 Oct 88 05:09:33 GMT
References: <18428@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <250@studsys.mu.edu>
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Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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In article <250@studsys.mu.edu>, vanden@studsys.mu.edu (vandenberg) writes:

 In response to how to tell an ST 251 from an ST 251-1, based on what is ac-
 tually on the labels on the drive:

> .................  The drive
> "ST 251 MLC-1" is indeed the ST 251-1.  I don't know if you want to call it a 
> contradiction but that's just the way Seagate has decided to do it.  The regularST 251 is labeled "ST 251 MLC-0".  If you still don't believe them(or me :-))

  The designation ST 251 MLC-1   does mean ST 251-1

  But ANY OTHER MLC-n means it is an ST 251,  not just "ST 251 MLC-0"

  greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny