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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18328 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:38 comp.os.linux.hardware:2086 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5343 comp.os.os2.misc:125682 Newsgroups: io.general,io.computers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!rnzll3!sys3.pe1chl!rob From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl Organization: PE1CHL Message-ID: <D3uu19.8Aw@pe1chl.ampr.org> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <D3HtB4.33G@bonkers.taronga.com> <3h3o9u$8oq@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <D3Lxxp.4Do@bonkers.taronga.com> <D3Mz2E.Cqr@txnews.amd.com> <D3oIKo.9D7@jonh.wimsey.com> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 21:22:21 GMT Lines: 19 In <D3oIKo.9D7@jonh.wimsey.com> jhenders@jonh.wimsey.com (John Henders) writes: >In <D3Mz2E.Cqr@txnews.amd.com> drp@dvorak.amd.com (Doug Puchalski) writes: >>So what about Quantum drives? They also have a 5yr warranty. Any comments? > We've been using Seagate Barracudas since they first came out, >and are very happy with them. A local distributer shipped us a Quantum >Empire by mistake, so we decided to benchmark it against the Seagate on >identical hardware. The Quantum is nice, but not as fast as the Seagate. They are in a completely different price category, so that is not surprising. Rob -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Rob Janssen rob@knoware.nl | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | | e-mail: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+