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From: tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: RE Format a MEM w/ RLL card?
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.153953.288@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 22:39:53 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept., Salt Lake City
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>I have a Microlis 1335 (71-Meg MFM) HD and I want to get a RLL/ ERLcard.
>Is this drive capable of being formatted w/ a RLL card?

>A "mail-order-tech" claimed any MFM drive can be formatted to RLL but it
>might by unstable -- if the drive even works at all.

>Shaun Wetzstei -- NU158739@NDSUVM1.BITNET

Don't do it!!!!  RLL drives must meet different specs and though it
might format you will not have a trustworthy disc...there are some
other "increased density" type cards out that may work though...