Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:52549 comp.periphs:2717 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!bbaker From: bbaker@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bob Baker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.periphs Subject: Re: HELP! Info on MAXTOR XT-1085 needed. Message-ID: <10308@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 22 Mar 90 18:16:06 GMT References: <1274@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <6412@becker.UUCP> Reply-To: bbaker@cbmvax (Bob Baker) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 24 In article dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) writes: > bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes: > > Since the XT-1xxx Maxtor series use > > plated media, they work reliably as > > RLL-encoded drives. I've been using > > a couple of XT-1085's set up as RLL > > for quite some time with no trouble > > (except for the general noise which > > Maxtors produce 8^). > > > > Rec. method RLL > > Xfer Rate 7.5 Mbits/sec > > Capacity 105 meg > > Sec/track 25 > > Yow! I've got an XT-1085 hooked up in my Sun2 cluster, and I'm rather > low on disk space. Does anyone know of an Adaptec-like SCSI<->ST506 > card that will let me use RLL? Alternatively, does anyone know how to > coerce the ordinary Adaptec cards shiped w/ Sun2s to use RRL? > -- Yes, Adapted makes the 4070 card which is the RLL version of the 4000, SCSI to ST506. One source is Computer Surplus, as advertised in Computer Shopper.