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@Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 21:12:33 -0400
Subject: Re: ATA Hard Drive - BIG, BAD, & UGLY
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Don[ald] O. Woodall wrote:
 
>    at 06:03 PM, Felix Miata  said:
 
> >Usually the case has a knock-out plug designed for a 9 pin serial
> >connector that you can knock out and fit the mouse port in nicely.
 
>      Maybe usually, but not in this case.  It is an old
> Acer case.

All my cases save one are AOpen and have or had knock-out plugs.
 
> >>      Meanwhile, I want to dream about a hugemongously
> >> large IDE drive for backup purposes.
> >>      What brands do you folk recommend?
> >>      What brands should I avoid?
 
> >WD, WD, WD & WD. Oh, and WD.

>      Sounds good.  They seem to be high priced.

Price is not the issue. WD is different from everything else, "EIDE"
rather than 100% spec ATA. Drivers supplied to Sun and M$ for inclusion
in those operating systems make up for WD hardware shortcuts. eCS, OS/2
& Linux users don't have that luxury, and so WD drives in those
environments are effectively handicapped.

WD has the industry's best tech support - because they need it.
 
> >>           I vote to avoid IBM/Hitachi.

> >Last drives I bought:
 
> >IBM 40 ATA
> >IBM 80 ATA
> >Seagate 60 ATA
> >IBM 80 ATA
> >Seagate 60 ATA
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >IBM 9 LVD
> >Hitachi (IBM) 120 ATA ($104US three weeks ago)
 
>      I bought an 60GB IBM and it was DOA.

The 60's around 1-2 years ago were part of a dismal model run long since
fixed, before the IBM->Hitachi switch.
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