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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL ?Reliability?
Message-ID: <15090005@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Aug 90 20:07:00 GMT
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>What is the reliability of the current RLL controllers on drives rated
>for both MFM and RLL?  I've been opposed to RLL due to the problems
>they had when they first came out, but a salesman almost has me
>convinced that their reliability is within acceptable limits (doesn't
>that send up warning flags!)  He also has talked about another type of
>controller using ARRL format (by Perstore).  This is suppose to get
>even more storage space out of a drive than RLL.  

Should be okay. The RLL reliability problem was due in large part
to salesmen selling MFM only drives as RLL certified drives. Sometimes
the combination works but reliability is not guaranteed to be any good.

The important thing to remember about computer salesmen is the difference
between a computer salesman and a used car salesman is the used car
salesman knows when he is laying to you.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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