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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help needed for MFM drive with RLL controller
Keywords: can ST251 be used as RLL?
Message-ID: <6440@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 1 Dec 89 01:36:44 GMT
References: <1989Nov29.074452.9386@ug.cs.dal.ca> <2292@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <2292@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
<In article <1989Nov29.074452.9386@ug.cs.dal.ca> walker@ug.cs.dal.ca (Paul D. Walker) writes:
<>My question is, can a Segate-251 MFM drive be used as an RLL drive?  For
<>those that don't know, the ST-251 is a 28ms access, 40 meg hard drive with 
<>820 cylinders and 6 heads (type 40).
<
<I don't see why not, I have a Micropolis MFM drive with 1024 cyl and 8 heads,
<and I did the same thing.  Working fine for over six months now.

Using a successful RLL'ing of a Micropolis MFM drive as proof that the same will
work with a Seagate is extremely optimistic at best, and an insult to Micropolis
at worst.

kEITHe