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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: any experiences with seagate 4144R?
Summary: I like it!
Keywords: 4144R, RLL, seagate, western digital
Message-ID: <186@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 89 20:41:50 GMT
References: <1001@apctrc.UUCP> <5221@mtuxo.att.com> <292@bilver.UUCP> <7505@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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In article <7505@microsoft.UUCP>, philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil Barrett) writes:

|  Also, is the 4144R really just an RLL version of the 4096 (80Mb seagate)? 
|  Is the 4096 RLL capable?  Is anyone using this combo?  The 4096 is about $50
|  cheaper.  Probably not worth the risk, though.

  The 4044R is a 4096 which has been tested for RLL. I have run a
regular 4096 (actually about five on several machines) without incident.
I have the 1006VSR2 (track buffered) and it is about three times faster
than the Adaptek I replaced (2372?) under UNIX, DOS is about the same.

  I agree, if you can get the 4144 for only a few $ more I would spend
that much.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon