World's Crappiest Drives (was Re: A&J Microdrive)

From: Jeffrey l Kaneko <jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com>
Date: Wed Dec 6 09:43:21 2000

On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 18:36:01 -0500 THETechnoid_at_home.com writes:

> 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

Hmmm, you've obviously never experienced *stiction*!

> Teac floppy mechanisms - just great mechs

Well you know, these were originally National/Matsushita/Panasonic
drives; whatever the labeling, they (almost) never break!
I have a pair of JA-455's I bought in 1986, and they *still*
work.

> CDC/Imprimis hard disks

You gotta love these, but I always felt that the earlier
Fujitsu drives (8" & 5.25") just reeked of *quality*.


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