Peter,
 
>> I used Western Digitals for years but lately they just aren't what
>> they once were.
 
I have one WD-drive somewhere in the network, from around 1999. Was OK for
quite a while but recently it is producing bad sectors. Not alarming but I
don't like it.
 
> My first SCSI drive was an early 3.5 inch Fujitsu from ~1989 and it was
> still running perfect in 1998 when I removed it (too small)...
 
Fujitsu had a production-run of drives in 2000 or 2001 which were so faulty
they took them back in masses. After that I wouldn't touch one with a 10
foot pole.
 
> BS> I lost interest with Maxtor for a while after their buyout of
> BS> Miniscribe.
 
> I had 2 x Maxtors but neither lasted more than about 30 months...
 
I have several Maxtors since 2000 ... not a single glitch.
 
> I have been tossing up moving off SCSI lately, but I must admit I really
> do LOVE the way SCSI works...
 
Well, dinosaurs are extint now too.
 
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