🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <789344050snz@oxfordll.demon.co.uk>
           mlloyd@oxfordll.demon.co.uk "Matthew Lloyd" writes:
>     I am about to buy myself a 150-200 540Mb hard disk from Watford
> Electronics, UK. I have four choices, all IDEs:
> 
> Make     Model number  Size   Access time  Price
> 
> IBM      DSA-3540      546Mb  11ms         149
> MAXTOR   7540AV        540Mb  12ms         159
> SEAGATE  ST3660A       540Mb  12ms         179
> WESTERN- AC2540        540Mb  12ms         179
> DIGITAL
> 
>     My question is this: which is the best make (both in terms of speed and
> reliability)? I have very little experience in these matters. I am not

FWIW, I bought an IBM 528 Mb from Watford about three months ago, and have 
had no problems with it. Compared with my old Quantum 105Mb, it goes like 
the wind! I did have trouble configuring it, and having read on usenet about 
compatibility problems, I thought "Oh, no - there goes 249 quid" (yes, that's
how much it cost only THREE MONTHS ago!), and since there was no documentation
with it, I had to play with the jumpers on it before I got the right 
combination (it's configured as a master by default, just remove the main 
jumper to make it a slave).

As I said, no complaints so far. Just my four penn'orth.

-- 
Steve Taylor
"My doctor said I had to give up having dinners for four, unless there were 
three other people involved."
                       - Orson Welles