From: dashley@wyvern.wyvern.com (Doug Ashley)
Subject: Re: LCIII problems
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Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@leland.stanford.edu> writes:

>About hard drive companies: the original 160 meg drive that was bad (bad
>sector or something) was an IBM.  The new one is a Quantum.  Is the LCIII
>supposed to be shipped with IBMs?  Is there a quality difference? 

Officially, no. From experience (yours now included!), yes. Quantums seem to
be the most problem-free brand on the Mac.

>Second, about hard drive position.  I've put the LCIII on its side and
>the new 160 HD has had no problems at all.  I've even switched back and
>forth between horizontal and vertical and there are no problems.  As far
>as I'm concerned I don't believe HD position is important for drives up
>to 160 meg, in any computer.  Don't know about CD-ROM, though.

It should not matter for the hard drive or the Mac.  Well, as long as it
doesn't fall over.   ;)


Doug
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