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From: wayne.ho@f526.n250.z1.fidonet.org (wayne ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers with MFM drives
Message-ID: <89110410221851@masnet.uucp>
Date: 3 Nov 89 16:00:00 GMT
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 > You mean the drive won't format RLL or what?
 
Hello,
    I may have been mistaken here.  I heard read it somewhere in another 

echomail conference and thought it came from a reliable source.  I 
have no proof with this, so until anyone else has information on SEAGATE 
and RLL stuff, I won't worry about it.
 
 > Oh, by the way.  Seagate is not going to develop anymore
 > MFM or RLL drives.
 > The ST151 was Seagate's last MFM drive developed.  Seagate
 > is now focusing on
 > SCSI drives so now this problem of MFM and RLL will be

 > done with as soon as
 > the older MFM and RLL drives die out from normal usage.
 
 
So SCSI is the way to go??  I was thinking about purchacing a SCSI 
controller and drive for my 386sx, but I have been warned against purchacing 
a 16-bit SCSI controller.  Again, I don't know if this is true or not, 
but someone told me that the 16-bit SCSI doesn't not work that well. 
I was considering an 8-bit SCSI controller, what do you think?  Also, 
what types of SCSI drives does Seagate have out at the moment?  If 
you have any specs such as speed and size that would be nice to know. 
Thanks in advance.
 
                                Wayne

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