🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Article #44056

Re: Conner's disk & controller experience.

#44056
From: tgoldin
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 15:22
11 lines
1021 bytes
In article <12957@udenva.cair.du.edu>, news@udenva.cair.du.edu (netnews) writes:
> the store i work for just started selling these drives, (IDE, tho, rather than
>  SCSI) and i think they are awesome! you can stick your ear on the case and 
> it will boot SILENTLY!  very impresive..  attractive too   heheh

Yeah, we have a few and they are pretty quite, but one of them just crashed
(after only four months).  the drive fails "initialization."  I tried all of
the usual tricks (checking connections, etc.) and it is definately dead.  
..I'll post again if there are further details.

Theo
Technical Details
Message-ID: <9238.25f7ca4b@amherst.bitnet>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!transfer!lectroid!jjmhome!m2c!umvlsi!umaecs!amh!tgoldin
References: <1581@cernvax.UUCP> <40970051@hpindda.HP.COM> <12957@udenva.cair.du.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!transfer!lectroid!jjmhome!m2c!umvlsi!umaecs!amh!tgoldin
From: tgoldin@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Conner's disk & controller experience.
Message-ID: <9238.25f7ca4b@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 9 Mar 90 15:22:51 GMT
References: <1581@cernvax.UUCP> <40970051@hpindda.HP.COM> <12957@udenva.cair.du.edu>
Lines: 11