Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!uflorida!novavax!maddoxt From: maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: A new angle for my ST-225 Message-ID: <835@novavax.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 00:02:20 GMT References:<427@mccc.UUCP> Reply-To: maddoxt@novavax.UUCP (Thomas Maddox) Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lines: 18 In article <427@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: >In article porter@topaz.rutgers.edu (Adam L. Porter) writes: >=A while ago, I got wise and turned my XT on its side to save space. >=However, I am getting intermittent seek errors from my Seagate ST-225 >=(with Western Digital controller, if it matters). >I have two suggestions. (1) Buy a used AST Rampage/PC and (2) turn the >computer right-side up! Keep it on its side and you'll be in the market >for a new HD by New Year's Day. Eek! Is this true? I've got a Leading Edge D with ST-238 that I've fairly recently put on its side (due to sudden insufficiency of desk space). Dealers (yeah yeah, I know) and others have told me there is no problem with doing this. So does anyone have any evidence or reasoning thaat will settle this thing one way or another?