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Sure- all these are excellent questions!

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Jordan Hubbard wrote:

> Erm, this would make this the first report of "interference effects"
> I've ever heard, certainly.  Doesn't make it untrue, just subject to a
> bit more initial skepticism.  Is this truly the only variable that's
> changing?  Are we sure that the drives in question aren't simply
> broken in some way and manifesting this behavior as an aberration
> among IDE drives?  Have different manufacturer's units been involved
> in cross-testing?  Thanks.
>
> - Jordan


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