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From: sld@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Steven Louis Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Can You Identify This Hard Drive?
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Date: 29 Sep 88 00:10:03 GMT
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I need some help!
I just bought a Seagate ST 251-1 40MB 28ns drive by mail order but while I paid
the 251-1 price I'm not convinced that I got a 251-1.  The problem for me is
that there is another Seagate drive of the same capacity and nearly the same
model number, namely the "ST 251" with 40ns access time.  The side of the drive
that I received is labeled "ST 251" and the top is labeled "ST 251 MLC-1".
Now, is the designation ST 251-1 a contraction for ST 251 MLC-1 or not?

If it helps make a determination, here's the diagnostic info that was provided
with the drive:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   DATA         DATA         PARK         STEP
   HEADS        CYLS         CYL          PULSE
                                          RANGE

   0-5          0-819        820          3-200US
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEP
  NOM        LOW          HIGH

  3MS        3MS          3MS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUTSIDE MARGIN
  HEAD 0     HEAD 1       HEAD 2       HEAD 3       HEAD 4       HEAD 5
   36NS       36NS         38NS         36NS         34NS         36NS    LATE
   36NS       36NS         40NS         36NS         36NS         36NS    EARLY
   72NS       72NS         78NS         72NS         70NS         72NS    TOTAL
INSIDE MARGIN
  HEAD 0     HEAD 1       HEAD 2       HEAD 3       HEAD 4       HEAD 5
   34NS       34NS         36NS         32NS         34NS         34NS    LATE
   32NS       34NS         34NS         30NS         32NS         34NS    EARLY
   66NS       68NS         70NS         62NS         66NS         68NS    TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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