Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset

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From: Bob Goddard
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <N1UMFDA5XVi0EwKU@moondog.demon.co.uk>, Alastair Wethers
<al@moondog.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>        I cannot remember where the list is either, but I know that very
>few companies are acknowledgeing this problem. Most are just ignoring
>this incompatability, thus it is really trial and error as to if a disk
>is compatable or not.  Of course this could prove to be very expensive
>for some people.  However I think that all new models over the last
>couple of months should not have this problem.
>

AFAIK all Seagate UDMA drives are ok. Latest versions of their non-UDMA
drives carry a sticker saying they are 3v and 5v compatible.

Bob
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From: Bob Goddard <Bob@nospam.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset
Date: 1997/12/06
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