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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers & MFM disks
Summary: Seagate drive types
Message-ID: <152@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 89 14:26:47 GMT
References: <1989Sep14.163540.10746@i88.isc.com> <4044@wpi.wpi.edu> <12693@s.ms.uky.edu>
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> This st4144r (aka st4096) had no RLL certification sticker, but it WAS 
> labeled as a st4144r.  And the vendor insisted it was a st4096.  Hmmmmm.
> The same vendor sells st4144r drives for much more $$$ than the st4096.

I did have a 277R - which is the RLL version of a 251.  To the best of my
knowledge - a 4144 is a 4096 that has been certified for RLL use.
In the past Seagate has also added an "R" to the model number, ie: 277R
for RLL use.


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