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- From: ed@invid.mwc.com (Ed Bravo)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Any comments on Fujitsu SCSI drives?
- Message-ID: <9212221755.AA02266@invid.mwc.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 13:28:15 GMT
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- Sender: daemon@presto.ig.com
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- > stephen@glas.rtsg.mot.com (Stephen Shortland) writes:
- >
- > >Does anybody out there have any comments on Fujitsu SCSI drives?
- > >I am thinking of buying a Fujitsu M2618SA 210Mb SCSI drive, and
- > >would be interested in hearing comments from anybody who has
- > >had good, or bad, experiences with these drives.
- >
- > I am using a Fujitsu M2624SA (500Mb SCSI) since 'bout one year, and I'm
- > VERY satisfied with it. It just worked flawlessly since ever.
- >
- > Further, it's fast, not very loud (though louder than a Quantum), doesn't
- > get too warm. And you get five years warranty.
- >
- > Soon (as soon as it's available) I'll add another Fuijtsu to my system, a
- > M2694FA (1 Gigbyte).
- >
- > >I plan to use the drive as a second drive on a Dell 486/66Mhz DX2
- > >ISA machine, using an Adaptec 1542 controller. I will be installing
- > >Coherent and Linux on the drive, so I am particularly interested in
- > >hearing from people using these operating systems.
- >
- > I played a little bit with Linux, it recognizes the disk and I can access
- > it without any problems.
- >
- > My "main" Operating System is still SCO Unix, and I did not have any
- > problem with it either.
- >
- > gert
- > --
- > Gert Doering | SubNet : gert@greenie.gold.sub.org | mailbox / uucp:
- > Munich / FRG | InterNet: gdoering@physik.tu-muenchen.de | call (089)3243328
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- >
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- No prob! 2 thumbs up! Narley and nifty.
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- Your drives are no problem.
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