modern removable media drives

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Fri Nov 13 21:58:55 1998

CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com wrote:
>
> >There was a ST3144A that liberally screamed in loud howling noise
> >when it went through it's death throes.
>
> At a lab I once worked at, a Fuji 2284 (14") drive in the computer
> room developed bad bearings and started screeching. We call
> System Industries field service, they log into the disk control
> unit remotely via a modem, check the error logs, and tell us
> there's nothing wrong :-)

Nowadays at least you can have a machine running as a RealAudio
server and demonstrate. Or at least take an audio recording, like
dealing with a spouse who claims not to snore due to the ability
to sleep through it.
-- 
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
WARNING:  The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco,
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Received on Fri Nov 13 1998 - 21:58:55 GMT

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