Re: INFO-MICRO Digest V92 #79

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1 total messages Started by LMLARS01 Mon, 26 Oct 1992 15:53

Author: LMLARS01
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1992 15:53

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In a recent issue, Keith Smith writes:

>The 251 is a 40MB MFM drive.  The ST-277 is an RLL drive with similar
>Geometries (820 X 6).  Both are junk.  Avoid them like plague.  Spend
>$450 and get a Maxtor 7213 IDE and controller, and scrap the junk.  BTW
>the 7213 is 200MB.

This statement about "junk" is nonsense. I have been running four ST-277N
drives almost continuously for three years without a problem. (The "N" just
means it has a built-in SCSI controller; otherwise the mechanism is the same.)
I am quite pleased with the performance and reliability.

However, I'd look carefully at the price because hard drives are pretty cheap
right now. A bare Quantum 105 meg drive can be had for not much more than $300
and you can more than double that size for another $100.

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Lee Larson                                     lmlars01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Department of Mathematics                                       (502)588-6826
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292 USA

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