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Re: re: Seagate 850 Decath...

Date:11:19 am Sat Nov 18, 1995
Number:#60
From:Stranger
Base:Commercials
To:Red Dragon
Subj:Re: re: Seagate 850 Decath...
S> Seagate also has a wicked 850 called the decathalon <sp> that flys too...
S> about 2.8 mb/s... smaller than normal IDE drives too... high pitched spin up
S> sounds though with that kinda speed...
RD>
RD> I found _that_ out, too! In fact it was _so_ annoying that I exchanged it f
RD> a Conner 850 (w/ 256K cache).
RD>
RD> Now, I can't even hear the thing over the sound of the power supply fan. Ah
RD> peace at last. :)

Well that is what you get for the speed of the seagate though...

Stranger

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S> Seagate also has a wicked 850 called the decathalon <sp> that flys too...    
S> about 2.8 mb/s... smaller than normal IDE drives too... high pitched spin up 
S> sounds though with that kinda speed...                                       
RD>                                                                             
RD> I found _that_ out, too! In fact it was _so_ annoying that I exchanged it f 
RD> a Conner 850 (w/ 256K cache).                                               
RD>                                                                             
RD> Now, I can't even hear the thing over the sound of the power supply fan. Ah 
RD> peace at last. :)                                                           
                                                                                
Well that is what you get for the speed of the seagate though...                
                                                                                
Stranger