22 Feb
2018
22 Feb
'18
5:23 a.m.
I have a Quantum Q540 (36mb; labeled RD-52) that works perfectly. I love the sound of
the spin-up on those drives.
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On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:17 AM -0500, "Ulrich Tagge via cctalk" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
/Here is my list. 6x RD54 (Maxtor XT2190) >2x OK, 2x Media Error, 1x
Actuator Issue, 1x Head issue 3x RD53 (Micropolis 1325) >2x Actuator
issue, 1x actuator issue followed by spinning issue (speed sensor?) 4x
Seagate ST251 >4x OK 3x Seagete ST225 >3x OK 3x IBM Type 068 >3x Dead On
the 3.5" side I have also many dead drives (<1GB capacity). Mostly
sticky actuators and dead tantalum caps, but by now nothing I was not
able to repair. Many Greetings Ulrich /
>
>A tangential question out of curiosity:
>who here has 5.25" MFM drives they're
>extremely surprised are still working,
>and which model(s)?
>...
>
>- John