30 Jan
1998
30 Jan
'98
2:59 a.m.
(Does anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM
drives is really
cool??)
Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of
some sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future.
Tim D. Hotze
30 Jan
30 Jan
6:53 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:59:47 +0300, you said:
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
(Does anyone
else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really
cool??)
Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of
some sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future. 
2:18 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:59:47 +0300, you said:
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
What about couple of hdd's that I have that made 'strange' noises?
Priam 65mb makes pinging noise of a ping-pong dropping right after
main motor finishes winding up to rpm. And onther one, miniscribe
3180E that screams that terrible loud whine if heads commanded to
move from track to track rapidly. There another not so good
noises of some hard drives that did warbled series of bird-like
squeals then fades out as platters is spun up or down have too shiney
platter landing/take off area. That is real killer sign of a
failing hd.
Oh, I had one die literally SCREAMING LOUD that could be
heard next room over which I happen to be in while talking to boss!
Hard to believe how much noise possible from little ST3144A hd.
Jaosn D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
(Does
anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really
cool??)
Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of
some sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future. 
7:25 a.m.
New subject: re disk drive noises (was Re: Win 3.0)
It's slightly off thread, but I had (actually still have but haven't
used in a while) an old SA4000 14 inch 27 megabyte drive that makes
"the devils own noise" when it's powered up. I remember the first
time I applied power (had built my own interface/controller and was
just about to try it for the first time.) There came such a racket!
Like a dozen cats being skinned simultaneously! Seems the beast is
belt driven and the torque required to spin is so great the belt
slips for several seconds at startup (Shugart told me it was
designed that way!)
My first power up was for about 3 seconds before I sailed across the
desk and hit the OFF switch. I've heard MAJOR head crashes that
sounded more gentile. Anyway, about two thousand on/off cycles later,
it still made the noise and still worked perfectly every time it was
powered up.
Gary.
At 04:18 PM 1/30/98 +0000, you wrote:
What about couple of hdd's that I have that made 'strange' noises?
Priam 65mb makes pinging noise of a ping-pong dropping right after
main motor finishes winding up to rpm. And onther one, miniscribe
3180E that screams that terrible loud whine if heads commanded to
move from track to track rapidly. There another not so good
noises of some hard drives that did warbled series of bird-like
squeals then fades out as platters is spun up or down have too shiney
platter landing/take off area. That is real killer sign of a
failing hd.
Oh, I had one die literally SCREAMING LOUD that could be
heard next room over which I happen to be in while talking to boss!
Hard to believe how much noise possible from little ST3144A hd.
Jaosn D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
> On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:59:47 +0300, you said:
>
> >>(Does anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really
> >>cool??)
> >Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of some
sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future.
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately. 
1:45 p.m.
New subject: re disk drive noises (was Re: Win 3.0)
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Gary Oliver wrote:
My first power up was for about 3 seconds before I
sailed across the
desk and hit the OFF switch. I've heard MAJOR head crashes that
sounded more gentile. Anyway, about two thousand on/off cycles later,
I wonder what a Jewish head crash sounds like?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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7:06 p.m.
New subject: re disk drive noises (was Re: Win 3.0)
Sam Ismail wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Gary Oliver wrote:
And you bitch at the _rest_ of us for getting off topic? I thought
the same thing but didn't want to get yelled at again.
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
My first power up was for about 3 seconds before
I sailed across the
desk and hit the OFF switch. I've heard MAJOR head crashes that
sounded more gentile. Anyway, about two thousand on/off cycles later,
I wonder what a Jewish head crash sounds like?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
7:48 a.m.
jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca wrote:
The old Radio Shack 8.4 MB drives had a nice friendly chirpy sound
during accesses. I rather miss it.
Of course, that same model drive also made the worst sound I ever
heard. Due to the bad parts contract that Tandy made with Shugart,
policy was for the Radio Shack techs to literally replace every
other possible component twice before getting permission to get a
replacement bubble (the drive assy itself). A repair center
manager whom I will not name got so frustrated one time when he
_knew_ the drive was bad that he took a video tape eraser (the
heavy duty model that you don't allow in the same room as any
software packages) and applied that sucker to the drive assy when
it was at full speed. You have never heard such a squeal of agony
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:59:47 +0300, you said:
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
What about couple of hdd's that I have that made 'strange' noises?
Priam 65mb makes pinging noise of a ping-pong dropping right after
main motor finishes winding up to rpm. And onther one, miniscribe
3180E that screams that terrible loud whine if heads commanded to
move from track to track rapidly. There another not so good
noises of some hard drives that did warbled series of bird-like
squeals then fades out as platters is spun up or down have too shiney
platter landing/take off area. That is real killer sign of a
failing hd.
Oh, I had one die literally SCREAMING LOUD that could be
heard next room over which I happen to be in while talking to boss!
Hard to believe how much noise possible from little ST3144A hd. (Does
anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really
cool??)
Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of
some sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future. from helpless hardware. (This was an 8" drive
unit, BTW).
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
8:17 a.m.
Barry Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:59:47 +0300, you said:
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
So how long has the guy you sold it to been using it? (I've had bad
luck with the Micropolis 40MB drives in some AT&T 3B1s).
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
(Does
anyone else think that the sounds made by old MFM drives is really
cool??)
Yep. I think that some sound like "lasers" or optical devices of
some sort.
Still make me feel like I'm living in the future.
9:43 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:17:51 -0500, you said:
Barry Peterson wrote:
I had it for >3 years, he had it for two more, now his grandson has
it... So far, so good.
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
So how long has the guy you sold it to been using it? (I've had bad
luck with the Micropolis 40MB drives in some AT&T 3B1s). 
1 Feb
1 Feb
11:57 a.m.
I used a Micropolis 60 Meg from 1988 to 1992 or so as my main drive.
I still use it in a couple of machines when I need to do 8086/80286
stuff and don't have a drive.
I think it's fast and reliable for its vintage. Never had a problem,
UNLESS, you try to PARK the drives, in which case you can get them
interminably stuck....
Don't "Park" these later drives, they park all by themselves...
-Mike
Barry Peterson wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:17:51 -0500, you said:
Barry Peterson wrote:
I had it for >3 years, he had it for two more, now his grandson has
it... So far, so good.
_______________
Barry Peterson bmpete(a)swbell.net
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
I sold a drive (IIRC, a micropolis 85MB) that would spool up and then
do a couple of "ching-chings" and worked fine. I tested the livin'
daylights out of it; no problems, but many folks told me and the
fellow I sold it to that it would die immediately.
So how long has the guy you sold it to been using it? (I've had bad
luck with the Micropolis 40MB drives in some AT&T 3B1s).
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