On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> In <l03102801b653141dc9a0_at_[192.168.1.4]>, on 12/05/00
> at 06:36 PM, Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com> said:
>
> >>In fact, these are absolutely the crappiest storage devices I have ever seen
> >>used on any computer.
> >>
> >>Any challengers for worst storage device?
>
>
> My experience with moving head and moving media technology has not been a
> happy one.
>
> Disks are inherently unreliable due to thier moving media and moving
> heads. Tape too. In many cases, tape heads and media also move.
You are right, of course. You just cannot beat a chisel and a flat
rock!
- don
> Disk/tape technology is going to give way to some solid-state system in
> the not too distant future.
>
> As to unreliable drives:
>
> The Atari Cassette drive was never any good.
>
> The Rana 1000 disk drive had no track 0 sensor so literally knocked
> it'self out of alignment.
>
> The Percom AT8 series drives weren't compatible with themselves.
>
> The SWP ATR8000 series computers had the same problem Percoms did....
>
> The Atari XF551 would break if you plugged it in.
>
> Those 40mb Xebec drives that WD bought out and added a IDE interface to
> were horrible.
>
> Miniscribe 3650
>
> The Seagate ST125,138, and 157A were horrible. Buy 10 return 11. In fact,
> any seagate made after the ol' 200 series are aweful. That is until they
> bought Conner out and things began to improve.
>
> I can't say that the Prairytek drives stacked up very well.
>
> Toshiba 2.5" ide hard disk mechs. BEWARE! I told you so.
>
> Microscience low-end drives were bad too.
>
> Whatever name of the hard disk maker that bought Atari was. Thier drives
> aren't too great, but better than Seagates of the time.
>
> There are lots of bad drive makers out there to chose from.
>
> How about a vote on the BEST disk drives ever?
>
> I'd vote:
>
> Bulletproof drives:
>
> The Atari 810, 1050, and any modified version
>
> Seagate St225,251, and 4096 interface version notwithstanding
>
> Teac floppy mechanisms - just great mechs
>
> CDC/Imprimis hard disks
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
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