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- From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
- Subject: Re: Ever heard of western Digital?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.222454.12334@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov18.142439.24135@bio.vu.nl>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:24:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.142439.24135@bio.vu.nl> ebido@bio.vu.nl (Etienne Bido) writes:
- >Somebody offered me a Western Digital 200 MB int. Harddrive for
- >a good price. But I have never heard of Western Digital!
- >
- >Does anybody know if they are any good/fast/reliable?
- >
-
- Western Digital is a very popular company in the PC world. They make
- all sorts of hard drive controller products for the PC, as well as a
- number of hard drives.
-
- Western Digital has had a number of different hard drive models over the
- years. I don't think WD itself makes hard drives. I know that the
- older WD260 and WD360 hard drives were made by Tandon, and weren't all
- that reliable. I believe their current line of hard drives are called
- the Caviar series, but I don't know all that much about them.
-
- However, I don't recall WD making a SCSI version of their Caviar series.
- It was my impression that they stopped with SCSI drives when they
- discontinued the WD260 & 360 series. It is my OPINION that you can do
- better than a Western Digital hard drive.
-
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