Xref: utzoo comp.periphs:2724 comp.sys.amiga:52686 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: HELP! Info on MAXTOR XT-1085 needed. Message-ID: <1289@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 23 Mar 90 06:15:48 GMT Lines: 31 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In , thomas@uplog.se (Thomas Tornblom) writes: >In article <1274@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes: > > Model XT-1085 > Interface ST-506 > Rec. method MFM > Phys size 5.25 FH > Capacity 71 meg (the 85 meg figure is unformatted capacity) > > >Note that these drives work OK with a 2.7 RLL controller. We tested >a few with Adaptec ACB-4070 controllers. Will give you 50% more capacity >or about 105 Mb. Note also that if one of these drives does not work well with a 4070 (or any other RLL controller), that you will have a hard time convincing the manufacturer to do anything about it under warranty (unless the XT-1085 is recognized by Maxtor as RLL capable). As with other things of this nature, it will probably work, but you are on your own for supprt. -larry -- Entomology bugs me. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+