29 Nov
2010
29 Nov
'10
3:33 a.m.
On 28 Nov 2010 at 21:41, allison wrote:
Oh, and speaking of drives said to be total crap I
have a Syquest
270mb removable cartridge drive (in an syquest parallel to IDE adaptor
case) and thirteen carts for it that is still in occasional use.
Story is those had a failure rate of 99% in less than 6months. I also
have a functional 500mb JTS and a 2GB bigfoot that I've been waiting
on to die forever. Must be lucky.
I've got 4 of the Quantum Bigfoots (of varying capacities) and only
one doesn't work--I think it's the 2GB CY version. I suspect a
problem in the electronics and not the HDA itself.
I've still got a Syquest Sparq removable cartridge drive that works
just fine as well as a couple of functioning Iomega Jaz drives. My
1GB JTS drive, on the other hand, worked fine for a couple of months,
then started a slow downhill trend of bad sectors. I've not checked
it for functionality in years.
It's the infant mortality that'll getcha.
--Chuck