23 Dec
2005
23 Dec
'05
12:55 a.m.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:16:04 -0600
"Julian Wolfe" <fireflyst at earthlink.net> wrote:
Actually, I've been a Seagate man myself ever
since I bought my
first hard disk. In fact, I don't own anything without a
Seagate in it, even my PDP-11.
Middle era Seagate drives (the ST-225 era) sound like a steel mill
running out of control. Meaning, they are horrendously noisy.
That teeth-grating 'Seagate sound' is very characteristic and one
can tell a machine has one of those drives lurking within just by
the sound. My first hard drive, a Shugart 5-1/4" full height 5
meg drive, was one of the quietest I have ever owned. I think it
was a model ST-506.