sorry i spoke...
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio Carlini" <arcarlini_at_iee.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: DEC RD54 from Maxtor
> > Avoid the RD53 at all costs... it is the most problematic of
> > the RD series drives. The RD54 in my experience is the most
> > reliable, and I have a number of them in machines still working.
>
> I never had enough RD53s to form a statistically valid opinion.
> Never had a problem with RD54s (and I guess I had maybe
> a dozen running in the lab).
>
> > Yes, going to SCSI would be nice, but you can't put one in
> > your VAXstation 2000...
>
> Unless you use Wolfgang Moeller's modified ROMs - then I believe
> that SCSI will work. (IIRC the modified VS/UV2K ROMs also
> incoroporate the >1GB fix ... but it's been a long time since
> I looked).
>
> Antonio
>
>
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> Antonio Carlini arcarlini_at_iee.org
Received on Tue Mar 04 2003 - 17:26:00 GMT