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From: daveh@xtenk.sgi.com (David A Higgen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: fx and data rate
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Date: 21 Jul 89 07:23:58 GMT
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> From frobinso@cirm.northrop.com Fri Jul 14 15:04:54 1989
> When setting parameters for disk drive formating using 'fx',
> it defaults to a data rate of (3). How does this translate into
> megabits per second ?

Unfortunately, the 'data rate' part of the parameters mentioned by older
versions of fx is historical garbage. It's not used by any current 
controllers, and has no relationship to the actual data rate...

I believe this has been removed from current versions since it is now 
meaningless.


				Dave Higgen