I once had the
(mis)fortune to use a machine with a Seagate 2G
Barracuda in it.
The scarry thing is the quieter 3.5" x 1" drives I
mentioned
replacing the full height 5 1/4" drives with are Seagate 2GB
Barracuda's!
Ow! I'd happily take more decibels of white, or at least fan, noise
over fewer decibels of that horrible Barracuda whine. At least to a
point. That's a bad pitch for my hearing.
BTW, let me guess, the machine you had the misfortune
to use was a
Sun Pizzabox, right? Those suckers are noisy with the Barracuda's!
Yes. One of the SCA machines - a 4, or a 5, maybe. (I also had a U1
with more 2G Barracudas, but that was turned off most of the time.)
Or perhaps
this merely means I'm not a Real Classic Collector.
Nonsense, it just means you
still have some of your hearing :^)
After that time (it was some months) I feel sure I have a notch in my
hearing right at the pitch of the Barracuda's whine....
der Mouse