Re: indicator lights on SBB disks

From: Alfred Falk (falk_at_arc.REMOVE.ab.ca)
Date: 04/07/05

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    Stuart Fuller <stufuller@usa.net> wrote in
    news:q0lei2-rkk.ln1@dadsys2.fuller.com:

    > Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
    >
      
    >>> The -VA simply means "narrow". It does not imply 10MB/sec. After
    >>> all, there are CDROMs and tape drives with -VA suffixes, and they
    >>> are only 5MB/sec.
    >>
    >> Right.
    >>
    >>> The RZ28 vs. RZ28B vs. RZ28M simply indicate the type and
    >>> manufacturer of the disk inside the packaging.
    >>
    >> So Seagate, Quantum etc?
    >
    > The RZ28 was made by DEC (yes, *made* by DEC). The RZ28B was made by
    > HP (how ironic). I don't know (nor care) who made the RZ28M or RZ28D.
    > I suppose I would take the canister apart if I really wanted to know.

    My RZ28's were made by Quantum, RZ28D = Seagate Barracuda, RZ28M =
    Seagate Hawk
    SWXD3-SC = RZ26L-VA by Quantum
    RZ29B = Seagate Barracuda

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