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From: carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: ST225 outburst
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Date: 18 Nov 88 23:47:00 GMT
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Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!carroll    Nov 18 17:47:00 1988


RE : Seagate drives
I have a 4051 in my AT, and it's worked beautifully for about 2 years,
under some harsh conditions and two trips from Champaign (Il) to
Texas (and back). My CMI drives, which it replaced, have long since
become instructional aids/paperweights. I just got a 277R with an
RLL controller about 8 weeks ago, and apart from being overly
sensitive about with holes the mounting screws go in (put them in the
wrong ones, and you get to reformat the drive, oh boy!), it's worked
fine. On the other hand, I've got a friend whose had a bad experience
with Seagates. I'd have to agree with the person who said that Seagate's
had some quality control problems, but they seem to be getting better.
I'm also running a Micropolis 1335 under RLL in the same system,
and it's worked fine too.

Alan M. Carroll          "How many danger signs did you ignore?
carroll@s.cs.uiuc.edu     How many times had you heard it all before?" - AP&EW
CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana    ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!s.cs.uiuc.edu!carroll