Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What hard disk to get for an XT clone ? Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 89 05:21:28 GMT Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 41 Bob: I don't know if I've answered you already or not, but since I'm going thru all of the old mail that has piled up. Here is my reply. Sorry if I have taken so long. To really achieve speed your most common configuration will be to use an EDSI or SCSI formatting drive. But there are MFM drives which do come close in speed, most of these are made by Core and Storage Dimensions and all of them are high capacity drives. Be warned ... they are expensive. As for Microscience, Micropolis, or CDC? I personally will choose CDC since because they are better drive manufacturer. Of all the drives I had pass by me in the past several (3 or 4) years, maybe about 1 CDC was bad. Definitely can't say that for the other two manufacturers. I also haven't heard of any significant (if any at all) startup problems with the CDC drives. CDC, by the way, make most of their drives in a half height format. As for Microscience, they are okay. Micropolis, if I recall, only makes full height drives. I personally fell that both, Microscience and Micropolis, are in the same approx. class of drives. I have had startup problems with both Microscience and Micropolis. Actually, more with Micropolis. I have a few file servers using Microscience for years and nothing has been wrong with them. Not to mention that two of these Microscience drives that I am using in this one file server were originally in an AT for about a year with heavy use. So in summary, I strongly recommend CDC. Or if you can afford them, Core or Storage Dimensions (Maxstor). Next best drive would probably be Microscience and Micropolis, in that order. I hope this helps you. __________ ___ / \ / / /_/ / /\/ _/ / / / __/. /__ / / / / / / / / / / 4730 Centre Ave. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu / ------- / Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew \__________/ (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 Computer Dr. Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are STRICTLY my own, and not CMU's.