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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: A few small hardware questions, and one programming one
Message-ID: <1990Jun15.064546.8327@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 15 Jun 90 06:45:46 GMT
Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions)
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In article <1990Jun13.033550.19470@athena.mit.edu> lfk@E40-008-6.mit.edu (Lee F Kolakowski) writes:
> 
> I have a WD1003-WA2 MFM Disk controller and a Priam ID45-H hard disk and
> I need some more space. I was wondering about RLL controllers esp.
> 	1) Are they less reliable than MFM?

If you get one that is compatible with your computer they aren't any less
reliable than mfm -- in fact, they may be more so.

> 	2) Does this drive handle RLL well?

don't know -- it probably will

> 	3) What kind of space improvements can I expect?

about 26/17 times as much space as you have now -- that is, a %53 improvement
sometimes you can get a 31/17 = %82 improvement with some drives and some
controllers

> 	4) What reccommendations are there for a controller board?

I would say either a wd1006v board or an adaptec 2372C (<--i think)
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Derek Terveer		det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG