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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: RLL vs IDE
Message-ID: <1990Oct13.152507.9016@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 90 16:29:14 GMT
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In article <1990Oct12.182309.3713@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) wri
>In article <40277@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> axaris@acsu.buffalo.edu (vassilios e
>|My alternatives so far include a Toshiba MK134 with a WD1006SRV, and either
>|a Conner or Maxtor IDE drives (the 80MB models).
>
>The Toshiba MK134 is ... it will
>make you very happy. If you need a bigger one, check out the MK234.
>
>Conner and Maxtor are ok, but my Maxtor disk is too noisy.
>(everything's too noisy after you've seen and heard a Toshiba)


Phil,  I think you may be overlooking the real question.  I would choose
the IDE type format over a RLL-st-506 format, for speed/performance. I
avoid all cheap st506 rll drives and prefer cheap st506 mfm, when doing cheap.
The doing performance & paying more, i'd choose the IDE -rll format.
(IDE drives are still actually using either rll or mfm format but not with
the standard st506 interface.)
Given the choice of a 'noisy' maxtor or connor & IDE or a 'quite' toshiba
st506, on the performance rating, either ide is a better choice I feel.  I also
am not sure that the 'noise' of the maxtor is signifigant because my systems
have cooling fans, and monitors that are much louder by comparision.  That
isn't to say that the toshiba is a bad choice. And if I were using the st506
interface & spending money, it would be my first choice also.
al


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