Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!rfm From: RFM@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: RLL + Segate ST251-1 Message-ID: <90273.211910RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 1 Oct 90 01:19:10 GMT References: <1971@sixhub.UUCP> Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Organization: Penn State University Lines: 9 I was agonizing earlier this year (summer) about upgrading my MFM/ST251-1 combination to RLL (via switching controller cards).I finally chickened out & bought a WD100427x (RLL) controller & an ST277R (RLL) drive. I switched e verything out & reloaded all my files on the 277. It works fine. Then, since I had an extra bay & cables, I stuck the 251 back in and plugged it into the RLL card as drive D:. It formatted, etc. ok and has run ok since (2+ months). Now I have 130 megs of 28-ns hd storage. According to Norton speed specs, the two drives are near about identical in performance. Bob M., PSU-Harrisbug.