Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Close Call (Supra hard drive) Message-ID: <339@mcdsun.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 11:50:37 EDT Article-I.D.: mcdsun.339 Posted: Thu Jul 16 11:50:37 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 13:58:46 EDT References: <1385@crash.CTS.COM> <2122@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division Lines: 25 Keywords: Amiga hard disk Supra horror story In article <2122@cbmvax.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES) writes: >Ya know, some people complain about the poor performance of AmigaDOS, >but ask yourself something - have you ever lost a disk because of >the DOS? In my experience it has ALWAYS been media failure, or >copy protection failure. I suspect this is going to generate *lots* of heat and flames! The DOS seems to be absolutely the most fragile part of an otherwise nicely engineered system (aside from lack of an MMU which is probably my number one gripe). I have never lost a single floppy to a media failure, after it passed format and verified, though I've run into a few that wouldn't format (far less than 1%). But then I always use top grade DSDD floppies. I have lost a couple that could be attributed to copy protection. But I've lost count of the number of floppies that have bit the dust because the system guru'd while a write to the floppy was in progress. I've also had to completely reformat and reload my hard disk several times because of the same problem. Because I am probably more paranoid than most people about the filesystem reliability, I've backed up my stuff religiously and have not yet lost anything really important. -Fred -- = Drug tests; just say *NO*! = Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA = seismo!noao!mcdsun!fnf (602) 438-5976o