24 Apr
2011
24 Apr
'11
4:56 a.m.
Eric writes:
Fred Cisin wrote:
Most of my suffering with MFM drives happened at the upper end of
the cost/complexity spectrum.
Looking back 20 years I in fact have good respect for the simpler of
the MFM drives and the ST-225 is an example.
Maybe my expectations were just lower for a drive that didn't cost
$4000 (list price of a XT-2190). But it's also quite true that ST-225's
didn't crap out at the rate as the much more expensive MFM drives
and for that I have to really give them some credit.
Tim.
"trusty ST-225"??
Well, as
compared to some brands, yes. JTS comes to mind, though it
wasn't contemporary with the ST-225.