Now hard drives too. Re: Modern floppy disk question...

In message <e69381633d92ae21a92838dfdad6f977 at rbii.com> Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn at rbii.com> wrote: Eek. That's nasty... Might see if WD have recovered from their quality "issues" (the Caviar series were pretty dire IIRC). Or Seagate for that matter - I had pretty bad luck with the 1GB->4GB Medalists, but the 6GB Medalist and 4GB U4 aren't too bad. The 5-year warranty is a plus, too (though if you have to jump through burning hoops to get an RMA number...) Probably helps that the D740X series were effectively Quantum drives - mine looks like a Quantum, right down to the type and positioning of the label (it's silkscreened onto the drive casing in black ink - Maxtor use a white paper label). The only thing that seems to differ from a Quantum is the fact that it's got Maxtor's logo on it. 'Tis a very nice drive. I've got a 20GB D740X in the cupboard too, waiting for a use (ran Powermax on it, passed the selftests - notbad for a hamfest find) :) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem at philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Hailing frequencies open Mr. Worf. - Hi, this is Steve Wright on 1 FM.