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From: ffritze@hpwad.HP.COM (#Fromut Fritze)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: RLL Interface
Message-ID: <19850001@hpwad.HP.COM>
Date: 24 Sep 90 09:20:23 GMT
References: <1403@atlas.tegra.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Waldbronn, Germany
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>>I was given a RLL controller (Western Digital) for an AT.  Does it
>>require special software and drivers or is it treated the same as a
>>"normal" MFM controller?
>
>If you have an RLL drive, just connect the sucker up and off you go!
>

But you might have to do a low level format for your drive. This could
be hidden in the RLL controller's bios accessible by DOS's debug rather
than provided by diskmanager or similar sw provided by disk supplier to 
allow for more sectors per track than mfm's standard.

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