Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!iuvax!bsu-cs!pervect From: pervect@bsu-cs.UUCP (Barrett Kreiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Seagate ST-225 Summary: A good choice Message-ID: <4617@bsu-cs.UUCP> Date: 5 Nov 88 15:57:42 GMT References: <1717@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG> Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 31 In article <1717@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG>, jeff@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Jeff Holmes) writes: > > Can any kind soul out there give me their thoughts on > the 'Seagate ST-225 20mb (65 ms)' hard drive with, I think, > a WD controller? > > Thanks, > Jeff > -- > Jeff Holmes DOMAIN: jeff@questar.mn.org > Questar Data Systems UUCP: amdahl!bungia!questar!jeff My ST-225s have been through hell, and keep on ticking. They have been bounced, hit, and take many several hundred mile road trips without cushions. I damaged my first one when I accidentally typed in 'prep', and being it was late at night, finished the command and it started. I turned it off in process and it burned a track right off the disk. I then proceded to spin and flip my car over an embankment and total most of the car (we walked away), but the monitor bought it. The computer was at an impact point and had glass, apple cider and ginger ale dumped in it. We transplanted the disk/controller to another machine and found NO errors save for the burned track. Any device that can take THAT punishment has got my vote :-] |---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----| | Barrett Kreiner UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!pervect | :-] | | Technical Manager, Fine Arts Computer Lab|--------------------------|-----| | Ball State University. Muncie, Indiana |This space left blank on purpose| |------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| | How am I computing? Let my parents know at ddsw1!kreiner (HI ma & dad) | | Disclamer: "I don't know them! I'm a student, nobody listens to ME!" | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|