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From: GERLOFF@tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Gerloff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: MFM hard drive help
Message-ID: <91072.145300GERLOFF@DB0TUI11.BITNET>
Date: 13 Mar 91 12:53:00 GMT
References: <523@gcc.uucp> <12052@hydra.Helsinki.FI>
Organization: Technical University Berlin
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In article <12052@hydra.Helsinki.FI>, luoto@cs.Helsinki.FI (Markku Luoto) says:
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>I opened it once and the drive was a seagate... but how can you tell wether
>it's a mfm or something else ???
>

Hello Markku!

If the drive was a Seagate it is very easy: Look at the drive type on the cover
If the last character was a digit, it was a MFM drive (e.g. ST 225, 20 MB
5 1/4 inch MFM drive). If the last character was a R, it was an RLL drive
(e.g. ST 238R, 5 1/4 inch 30 MB RLL drive).
I hope this will help you.

Greetings, Olaf
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