Hard Drives

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Oct 7 19:45:11 2001

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, ajp166 wrote:

> Well since this is not a PC centric group we may not be the best place
> for advice.
>
> However... JTS was a short lived supplier is low cost IDE drives and
> were noted for high failure rates though there were the occasional
> decent one in the pack. They were also very slow compared to
> the better WD, Seagate, Quantum and Maxtor.
>
> Oh, JTS disappeared withing two years after they show up.
>
> Allison
>

Do I not remember that JTS was an acronym for "Jugi Tandon ???"?

                                                 - don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Date: Sunday, October 07, 2001 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Hard Drives
>
>
> >On Oct 7, 16:50, ajp166 wrote:
> >> Beats me what that drive is. This is a group for hardware over 10
> years
> >> old.
> >> If it is that old you likely going to be fixing it yourself.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: CByrd87043_at_aol.com <CByrd87043_at_aol.com>
> >> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> >> Date: Sunday, October 07, 2001 3:48 PM
> >> Subject: Hard Drives
> >>
> >>
> >> >I have a Hard Drive model P1200-2af. I need to know where can I send
> it
> >> to
> >> >get it fix or replace. It just stop working.
> >
> >It's a nothing-special 1.2GB IDE drive with a bad reputation, made by
> JTS.
> > JTS are no more, so the only likely option is to replace it with a
> >Seagate, WD, or whatever.
> >
> >JTS were famous for, amongst other things, buying part of Atari from the
> >Tramiel family, laying off a lot of staff, and then selling it to Hasbro
> >shortly after being de-listed by the stock exchange and shortly before
> >going bust in 1998.
> >
> >--
> >Pete Peter Turnbull
> > Network Manager
> > University of York
>
>
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