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From: jarvi@plains.UUCP (Trent Jarvi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: info on hard disk & controller
Message-ID: <5307@plains.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jul 90 18:19:15 GMT
References: <HANS.90Jul13125225@eutes4.ele.tue.nl> <1171@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
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In article <1171@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) writes:
>In article <HANS.90Jul13125225@eutes4.ele.tue.nl> hans@ele.tue.nl (& Fleurkens) writes:
>>I'm interested in information about hard disks, hard disks controllers
>
>MFM (Modified Frequency Modulation) This is the standard encoding technique for
/* Standard but works */
>
>RLL (2,7 Run-length limited) - A data compression technique which uses narrower
/* more diskspace   */
>
>SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Originally developed by Shugart for hard
/* $ and fast; breakfast of champs */

Could you be so kind as to exlain what an IDE is?
The dealer said it was mumbo*NEW*mumbo*FAST*mumbo*jumbo


Should have heard the HMHMwarntyCOUGH that went with it :)