--=-7CF0QKUhNQeIXzLloJdx Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a 52x on my win 98 machine as does my son. Both are over 2 years ols and have not ggiven us a bit of trouble. On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 19:59, Bob George wrote: "Tom Achtenberg" wrote: > That is the same drive I have in my Linux box. Works great!!! Anyone used any of those for an extended period? I have a 52Xer that I picked up at the Boy Scouts flea market a while back, and it didn't last all that long. I've been shy of the REALLY cheap ones since, though today's cheapies may well be better quality than the best of not-too-long-ago. - Bob ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Tom Achtenberg Every day over 30,000 children die from hunger related causes Visit http://www.ybnormal.org to find out how YOU can help. Registered Linux User #242974 (See http://counter.li.org) Visit my home page at http://achtenberg.com --=-7CF0QKUhNQeIXzLloJdx Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 I have a 52x on my win 98 machine as does my son.  Both are over 2 years ols and have not ggiven us a bit of trouble.

On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 19:59, Bob George wrote:
"Tom Achtenberg" <lists@achtenberg.com> wrote:

> That is the same drive I have in my Linux box.  Works great!!!

Anyone used any of those for an extended period? I have a 52Xer
that I picked up at the Boy Scouts flea market a while back, and
it didn't last all that long. I've been shy of the REALLY cheap
ones since, though today's cheapies may well be better quality
than the best of not-too-long-ago.

- Bob

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