>
> Incidentally, 3.3" is the height of two standard CD-ROM or DVD
> drives. There was a full height 9 GB Seagate SCSI drive, ST410800,
> which was sold at extremely low prices (~$35 - $50) back in (I think)
> the late 90s. Some of the sellers weren't too careful about
> disclosing that the thing was a full height 5.25" drive.
>
> When the 410800 was released it was quite a bargain. It sold for
> around $5000 at a time when other drives cost about $1000/GB and it
> was soon available for $3000. It sounds a bit like an agitating
> washing machine when seeking, but it runs fairly cool and seems to be
> very reliable. Mine is still working...
>
And it sounds like a small jet turbine starting up when powered on.
Unfortunately mine failed about a year ago after many years of use as a music
server for iTunes while connected to an SE/30 running a hacked MacOS 8.1. The
very dusty environment and my failure to clean out the enclosure was the cause.
--glen
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