Re: Quantum Hard Drives

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From: Carl Kreider
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 00:00

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Alecto wrote:

> > ....And then there was the 10 Mbyte MFM drive in my (now old) PC XT that
> > lasted 15 years with no problems; it was a Tandon re-labelled IBM....
>
> I've got a Segate model ST506 (yes ,model ST506) 5meg drive (5.25",full
> hight) that still works(and makes a nice paperweight to boot).

I have one that works, in that it spins up.  It won't remember any data for
more than 3 months.  Never has.  Which leads to my point:  Every drive
manufacturer makes a few bad drives.  This thread is dumb.


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Carl Kreider
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Date: 1998/06/06
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