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Subject: Re: Two hdds on one channel - why so slow?
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> >Please consider picking up a modern drive and see it has a "THREE" (3)
> >Year warranty period which is about the length of service for a continuous
> >run device on the MTBF.
> 
> 3years is ~27k hours.  The MTBF on modern drives is more like 57years.
> (500k hours.)  100k hours is 11+ years.  No ide drive ever manufactured
> will last that long. (Maybe if it's sitting on a shelf for 90% of its life.)

just say what you mean: IDE condemns your soul to eternal damnation!

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