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From: unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank)
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Subject: Re: RLL controllers with MFM drives
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Date: 23 Oct 89 00:15:04 GMT
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    "Oh, poo" indeed!

    As a professional, I would much rather overexaggerate the danger to
a slight degree than to underrate it.

    There is a reason MFM drives are not RLL-rated: they were not
designed to meet RLL standards or performance. Period.

    Yes, you CAN get away with it. But your hard drive is living on
borrowed time. Some drives can hack it, most can't.

    I think I'd rather see 20 people go short drive room than I would
see 1 person lose his papers/research project/thesis/whatever to a
hard drive pushed beyond its limits.

    (Yes, I realize I do not control other people or their computers.
The previous paragraph is merely my rationale for action.)

Unky Dave
unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu