On 21:15 Uhr +0200 01.07.1999, David A. Gatwood wrote:

> I'm not sure about the jumpers, but I do know that the Seagate Barricuda
> drives take a long time to spin up no matter what the supply.  I had one
> in an external case, and it took a while.  Same thing internally in a
> 7100.  It just has a very long spin up time, and a long spin-down time,
> too, though it may be that the brakes just need to be adjusted on that
> drive.

David,

but as I said, OTOH in my Q 950 it's there instantaneously, even when I
suppress the ram check (which takes a while considering there are 160
MB). But sure, on the IIsi the ram check can not take that much time .
. .:))

Nevertheless, it is a very nice hd, IMHO.

Best regards, Ulrich