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From: gjh@galen.acc.virginia.edu (Galen Hekhuis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers with MFM drives
Message-ID: <736@galen.acc.virginia.edu>
Date: 22 Oct 89 18:49:18 GMT
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Reply-To: gjh@galen.acc.Virginia.EDU (Galen Hekhuis)
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In article <4265@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu} unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
}In article <2546@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp21@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Ken Hoover) writes:
}>
}>  I have a Seagate ST225 in my XT (no flames on my obsolete machine); and
}>was wondering if getting an RLL controller for it would allow me to format

A fairly common question, followed by

}   DISCLAIMER: This is  ** NOT **  a flame!
}   KIDDIES! Do NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!

Including advice like sacrificing virgins, etc.  

Oh poo.  While I agree with the advice that it is a bit risky, and one
is better off getting an RLL certified drive for the extra bytes, it works
a fair percentage of the time, in my (humble) experience.  As a matter of
fact, I currently have more (not by many) difficulties with genuine 238R
drives on RLL controllers than the 225s that I have stuck on them.  It 
isn't like you are going to blow up if you try this, just be aware that 
it isn't the most reliable setup.


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