On November 10, jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> > The M2322K and family are indeed standard 8" form factor drives.
> > They're not called "Eagles" though, as far as I'm aware.
> Uuups. Sorry. I thought that Eagle and Super Eagle where names for
> product lines, not for two specific drives.
>
> > I really like those drives.
> The (Super) Eagle or the later 8" drives? In the case of the 8" drives
> you are the first person that I hear talking nice words about that
> drives. The most words I heared about the 8" drives are like: "Reformat
> them at least once a year, or you will loose your data."
The Eagles more so than the 8" drives. I've used a few of the 8"
drives on larger Suns but didn't have great luck. Good performance
though, especially on the Xylogics 7053 and 753 controllers.
> I know. My first QBus disk system was a QD33 with two 9" D2363 drives
> from NEC. Very impressive. The first time I simply puted one drive on
> top of the BA123. When the drive begun to move its heads, the machine
> (around 100kg with the drive!) begun to shake. A big smile run acros my
> face when I noticed that. Not to forget that incredible sound! :-)
Oh yes! I used a few NEC D2352H drives. Those were sweet!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Sat Nov 10 2001 - 16:03:00 GMT