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From: harper@artemis.uucp (David Harper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Do ST251/ST4096 have auto-parking mechanism?
Message-ID: <954@convex.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 89 20:22:10 GMT
References: <11386@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx.
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In article <11386@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> yao@euler.berkeley.edu (Wei-Hsin Yao) writes:
>
>  Hi,  I am considering buying a second hard drive for my
>  AT clone.  I am interested in:
>
>  1. Seagate 251-1 (28ms, HF, 40MB)
>  2. Seagate 4096  (28ms, FH, 80MB)
>
>  How is the reliability of these two models?
>
I bought a Seagate 4096 about 9 months ago and it worked flawlessly, right up
until it died two months later.  My next choice was a Micropolis 1335 and it
seems to work okay.  Same price as the Seagate and as a side benefit, it is
RLLable.

Dave Harper
Convex Computer Corp.
701 N. Plano Rd.
Richardson, TX 75081