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From: johngm@dhw68k.cts.com (John Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Seagate 506 - what is it?
Message-ID: <1990Jul1.054152.17599@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 1 Jul 90 05:41:52 GMT
References: <4721@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <Jun.27.00.56.36.1990.12731@caip.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: johngm@dhw68k.cts.com (John Miller)
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In article <Jun.27.00.56.36.1990.12731@caip.rutgers.edu> mann@caip.rutgers.edu (Lisa Mann) writes:
>Subject says it all.  We picked one up used but can't find a reference
>to this drive in the Seagate Drive docs we got with new drives.  I am
>interested in formatted capacity, heads, cylinders, access time or any
>info you can give me to figure out if this thing is a gem or a bomb.
>

The ST506 is a 5 meg 153 cyl. 4 head antique.   I don't know about access
times but I doubt if its less than 65ms.

Anyway I hope this helps you.  By the way it is MFM.

John

johngm@dhw68k.cts.com