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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:18582 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:67 comp.os.linux.hardware:2273 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5419 comp.os.os2.misc:126345 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!mercury.interpath.net!not-for-mail From: ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net (Tom Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,io.general,io.computers,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components Date: 16 Feb 1995 22:48:32 -0500 Organization: Interpath -- Public Access UNIX for North Carolina Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3i16ag$9eh@mercury.interpath.net> References: <3g890k$cbl@ionews.io.org> <D3puIM.2E1@bonkers.taronga.com> <3hep07$d3m@mercury.interpath.net> <D3ynCL.2K0@visix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.interpath.net In article <D3ynCL.2K0@visix.com>, David Charlap <david@visix.com> wrote: :Tom Wilson <ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net> wrote: :> :>You're right about Miniscribe...Maxtor got 'em... : :Good riddance. Every single MiniScribe drive I ever used broke within :six months of installation. Usually something along the lines of the :spindle motor burning itself out. A completely inexcusable failure, :IMO. You know, it's interesting how long they lasted. I don't think I've *ever* talked to anybody who actually *liked* Miniscribe drives. I *think* they lasted as long as they did by cooking their books...at least, that's what I heard, which could, of course, be total B.S. -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Tom Wilson | "I can't complain, but sometimes | | ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net | I still do." | | | -Joe Walsh |