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Re: Hi

wide to narrow converters do not work as well as some people think.
Some firmwares get confused, and will refuse to work with a drive that
basically goes and claims wide features.

I've fought enough with stuff like that.  And I've fought enough with
cooling my machine room when there are more than 1 drive in a machine
because I am trying to work around it.

> the seagate barracuda xl 7200rpm ST318416N mentioned by theo runs $173 
> at the cheapeast vendor on pricewatch (which probably only ships to the 
> usa).  the 8B036J0, the sca version of the maxtor atlas 10k iv only runs 
> $140, and an already-mentioned sca adapter could be purchased for 50-pin 
> compatibility.  the atlas is the fastest 10k drive measured by the 
> venerable www.storagereview.com , and should soundly defeat the seagate 
> in any usage pattern.
> 
> please do not mistake this for a seagate vs maxtor war - i have no 
> allegiance to either, and i am only noting differences in performance.
> 
> if one is so inclined to make a purchase, perhaps that would be a better 
> suggestion.  anything better than what they have is still better than 
> what they have, though, so do whatever you can - even an 18xl :)