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- From: kdriscol@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Keith H Driscoll)
- Subject: Re: SEAGATE 4096 80Meg MFM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.181535.24632@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:15:35 GMT
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- In article <1is6eeINNhaj@phakt.usc.edu> hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***) writes:
- >Hello world,
- >
- >I have just acquired a Seagate 4096 80meg MFM drive. Unfortunately,
- >my system has a RLL controller with a Mitsubishi 65Meg in it.
- >
- >Will the Seagate be able to work with an RLL controller to get
- >26 sector/track instead of the 17??
- >
- >Thank you
- >:-)
- >H.
- >
- >
-
- I took the two MFM drives that were in my old '286 and RLL'd them.
- The ones I used were an ST4096 and an ST251-1. Those drives are still
- in my '386, and have worked flawlessly for over two years now. I'm
- fairly sure that the physical media on the MFM and RLL versions of the
- drives are the same, but I could be wrong (and I'm sure to be flamed
- if I am). Based on my experience, it should work, but there's ALWAYS
- something that can go wrong :)
-
- Keith
-
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- |Keith Driscoll | Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
- |The Ohio State University | All opinions are MINE, MINE, MINE. |
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