Classic Computer Rescue Squad

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Sat Nov 15 11:08:44 1997

William Donzelli wrote:
>
> > > HDDs I've seen in a LONG time. I was using a WD Caviar 2.0 GB, and it was
> > > LOUD!!!
>
> Hey! What is wrong with loud disk drives! The more noise the create, the
> more fun they are...

Damned straight. I really miss the friendly chirping sound that the old
Radio Shack 8.4MB disk subsystems (made by Shugart) used to make with
every access. You could hear it over the noise of the motor, which is
best described in an AAMCO commercial.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails 
of the last priest."  [Denis Diderot, "Dithyrambe sur la fete de rois"]
Received on Sat Nov 15 1997 - 11:08:44 GMT

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