6 Jan
2004
6 Jan
'04
10:10 a.m.
>> But
some true classic computer users _LIKE_ noise! To me the more
>> noise a computer makes, the better!
I once had the (mis)fortune to use a machine with a Seagate 2G
Barracuda in it. I will cheerfully swap you my entire stock of those
drives for otherwise equivalent _quiet_ drives of half the capacity.
More noise is not _always_ preferable. Or perhaps this merely means I'm not a Real Classic
Collector.
Nonsense, it just means you still have some of your hearing :^)
Zane
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