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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Warranties and Support (Was Re: RLL controllers & MFM disks)
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Date: 21 Sep 89 16:50:27 GMT
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In article <9533@thorin.cs.unc.edu> davis@cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis) writes:
[regarding using non-RLL specified drives with RLL cards:]

>Another factor is company reputation.  If you take an MFM drive, try
>to use it RLL, and it does not work, are you going to think highly of
>Seagate?

No, but when I can _consistently_ connect a Maxtor or a Micropolis
non-RLL-specified drive to an RLL controller and it works reliably
for many users for a long time I_will_ think highly of those two
companies.  And more importantly, I will certainly _spend_ highly
on those two companies!

kEITHe