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- From: aa339@Freenet.carleton.ca (Etienne Tasse)
- Subject: Re: MFM controller with 25 sectors/track
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.214818.18319@freenet.carleton.ca>
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- Reply-To: aa339@Freenet.carleton.ca (Etienne Tasse)
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:48:18 GMT
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- In a previous article, staffan@nynashamn.telesoft.se (Staffan K-E Ungsgard) says:
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- >
- >Hi,
- >I own an old Victor that has the HD controller built in on
- >the motherboard. The HD is of a type using 25 sectors per
- >track. I have tried to move this disk to other systems,
- >just to find out that the cotroller card I've tried ( Western
- >Digital only) doesn't support other than 17 sectors per track.
- >Does anybody know where I can get a HD/floppy controller that
- >will allow me to hook up my old 25 sec/track disk ? ( The disk
- >is a 130 Meg one, so it's not something I'd like to toss.)
- >
- >--
- > Staffan Ungsgard : Internet:
- > Telesoft Norden AB : Staffan.Ungsgard@nynashamn.telesoft.se
- > Utsiktsvagen 10, : Phone: +46-8 52069014
- > Nynashamn, Sweden : Fax: +46-8 52020965
- >
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- - One IMPORTANT thing: MFM with 25 sectors is actually RLL!
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- - Some info that would help us help you:
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- The Make and Model# of that Hard Disk
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- What kind of Interface the HD is using (ST412,ESDI,SCSI,IDE)
- (in case the model number is not enuf)
- --
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