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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Seagate controller specs
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Date: 1 Sep 89 22:00:03 GMT
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>Item 5265 (0 resps) by davidsen at sungod.crd.ge.com on Fri 01 Sep 89 16:25
>[<No Identification>]    Subject: Seagate controller specs
>
>  Earlier today I posted a response to a question about a Seagate
>controller. That response was correct, but incomplete. He is the scoop
>on Seagate hard disk controllers for AT style machines.
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The info posted is correct, but those are not Seagate's controllers.  They
are all made by Western Digital.

They will operate with most ST412 (ie: common interface) drives on the
market, given the correct encoding format.  The 1006 series are especially
nice, having on-board track buffers.  Typical HD transfer rates for the 1006
series are ~450KB/second for MFM and 650KB/second for RLL units.

We handle all of 'em, with no regrets.

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