Yo compacters everywhere, To this dated thread, the -p said about the reliability of old hard drives:
>...the 20MB Miniscribes in the SEs were far and away the worst. The Quantum and >>Conner-based 40 and 80MB drives are, for the most part, still going strong. I >know >of maybe two or three Miniscribes that listers have running, and I've seen >perhaps >half of them fail in SEs that have come through my hands. I concur. Nowadays, I automatically replace a working Miniscribe with a third-height newer drive. The failure rate of half-height Quantum 20 and 40 MB drives now has me replacing those although they are much better than the Miniscribes. While I have many working Miniscribes, on average, one in two has failed and they are the most likely to give me grief while loading from scratch. The third-height Quantums of any size are quite reliable. Because I have a growing collection of 80 MB drives, I no longer install 40 MB drives in an SE or Classic at all. You want to talk unreliable, the 40 through 160 MB big five-n-a-half drives from early Mac II(series) and externals drives die at the rate of three in four and my early formatting utilities often have grief with the rest. Dumpster stuff, every one of 'em. If any lister desires a 20 or 40 MB drive to play with, I'll send you one or more for the postage. Bye the waye, I have two Rodime 20 MB drives that still work just fine with their weird noises an all. No, you can't have these. Bill Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
