Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!decvax!zinn!ubbs-nh!noel From: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Maxtor 1140 query Message-ID: <277@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> Date: 24 Mar 89 18:37:50 GMT References: <21864@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel Del More) Organization: uBBS-NH (New England Unix Archive) - Nashua, NH Lines: 65 In article <21864@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> marquis@qal.qal.berkeley.edu (Roger Marquis) writes: > > Does anyone have information on the Maxtor 1140? I believe its a >170meg, 28ms full height drive. The one I'm looking at has it's own >controller with a standard IBM interface. I believe it was purchased >around 1985. I assume you mean someone is tossing in a controller with the drive. The 1140 is a standard MFM drive, It is an OEM version of the Newbury NDR1140, or so I have been informed, same spec's, same circuit board, same appearance. > Are these drives dependable, even when 4 years old? Well, mine is only two years old, but it has run flawlessly during that period 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (Oh, I should say mine is the Newbury version). You should be aware that the specs state the drive has a MTBF of 20,000 hours (about 5 years). > Are they actually 170megs @ 28ms? Its 140 mb. (unformated) or about 115-120 mb. formatted. Note that I have been using mine reliably with a RLL controller without problems and so get about 200 mb. out of it. Newbury informs me that historically they do just fine with RLL but they make no guarantees. They also asked how old my drive was when I inquired, so maybe age is an important factor. I was also recently told by a fellow usenet "person" that the 1140 and the 2190 where the same drives. He said that the 2190 had been tested and passed QC on the innermost 200 tracks. If this is true, and I haven't looked into it (comments please) you could potentially tell the system that your 1140 had 1224 cylinders, test them and get about 160 mb. out of the 1140. I'd really check to see if this is true and tested by others before you attempt it though. > What is a good price to pay for one? I recently posted an article (about two weeks ago), in several newsgroups including misc.forsale, announcing the liquidation of Newbury's stock of hard drives. The NDR 1140 was being blown out at $1095 new. Check your old news for this article, or maybe someone can mail you a copy. I don't have it any more. I think it may be to late to take advantage of the offer though, a friend called me last night to tell me that he had ordered a couple drives and they were darned near out of everything. > Are there any peculiarities I might look for in this drive or in > drive this size? Its noisy (tic tic tic), but not peculiar, IMHO that is. > What is the power consumption of the 1140? Sorry, manual it not at hand, but the AT power supply handles it just fine along with another drive (ST4096). Hope that helps, have a good one! Noel -- Noel B. Del More | {decvax|harvard}!zinn!ubbs-nh!noel 17 Meredith Drive | noel@ubbs-nh.mv.com Nashua, New Hampshire 03063 | It's unix me son! `taint spozed tah make cents