Philips XT with 768K

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Mon Aug 17 12:44:36 1998

Jason writes;
 
> Ethan, this hd ST251-1 is equally bad and it uses stepper not voice
> coil. Can see the stepper itself. Also this hd have lot of
> reliablity problems and very touchy especially handling, very
> loud noisy.

I sit corrected. I had thought that the 28ms version used a voice coil
and the 40ms version used a stepper. That is not the case.

As for noise, yes. It's noisy by today's standards. All of the old
drives were touchy WRT handling. I didn't consider it more so than
any other 8 year old drive.
 
> Compared to ST251 series, ST351A/X series is pretty sturdy and very
> low powered. But this ST351A/X is easiest to find than this
> Miniscribe XT ide 8051A is voice coil and that is all I know that is
> only one that does XT ide or AT.

I have never run across the ST351A/X series. I don't know how common they
were; I wasn't into PCs in 1989, just VAXen and Amigas. They do, however,
use steppers (28ms).

-ethan
Received on Mon Aug 17 1998 - 12:44:36 BST