21 Aug
2002
21 Aug
'02
5:13 p.m.
Hi Cameron,
Rodime had a deservedly bad name, but in the interest of fairness, my
Mac Plus has a Rodime 20MB drive connected to it which has run
100% for
a very long time.
I've a pair of 40mb Rodime drives here (RLL'd out to 67mb) that have
been running since 1988 - almost non-stop (on one of the BBS machines).
One is a little noisy (always has been), but apart from that they are
extremely reliable - let's see they must be at least 7 or 8 years past
their "use by" date ? No dead sectors, no power up sticking - the only
drive older is a 20mb Seagate ST225 that has been in use (sporadically)
since oooohhh 86 or 87. Got plenty of spare ones though :-) Wonder
what a hundred or so ST225's would go for on eBay :-)
cheers,
Lance
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