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In article <1992Aug26.183636.12146@jts.com>, pat@jts.com (Patrick Perroud ) writes:
> I will be purchasing a disk drive in the near future and was wondering if
> anybody had any thoughts on the type, speed etc. (ESDI vs. SCSI).
> I was looking in the 200MB range. My present system config is 386SX-16,
> 40MB ESDI drive. I may in the near future be upgrading to a faster system,
> eg. 20-33MHZ or better and would like to use the disks, so this may be a
> factor in selecting the disk ie. speed etc. Also cost may be a factor.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 

I'm running a pair of 200MB Seagate IDE drives (ST1239A) in my 486. They're
fast (15ms access) reliable and I've been very happy with them. I have an 
ST1144 (130mb IDE) in a 386 that's also been fine. 

The only problem I've had, is that one of the 200s initially was heat sensitive
and the data transfer rate would slow, when it got hot. Took it back to the
dealer (within the waranty period) and it was replaced on the spot (Seagate's
policy).

My personal preference is for IDE over SCSI, only because from what I read,
SCSI seems to be a constant battle with incompatible drivers, every time you
want to add another different SCSI device (like a CD-ROM or another SCSI
drive). Windows 3.1's also 'fussy' about SCSI. On the other hand, the IDE
drives don't need special drivers and work fine with Windows.

Hope this is usefull.

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> Pat P.
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