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From: alexande@drivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: RLL controler
Message-ID: <860@drivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Feb-87 13:20:55 EST
Article-I.D.: drivax.860
Posted: Mon Feb  2 13:20:55 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Feb-87 22:09:56 EST
References: <1083@ethos.UUCP> <244@onecom.UUCP>
Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
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Organization: Kludges 'R' Us, Inc.
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Keywords: RLL
Summary: RLL may not work with old drives
Xref: watmath comp.sys.ibm.pc:1343 comp.os.minix:152

In article <244@onecom.UUCP> sjk@zeus.UUCP (Scott J. Kamin) writes:
>> I just read about the RLL (Run Length Limited) controlers in the
>> Febuary issue of Computer Shoper.  It seems almost too good to be
>> true.
>I have been using an OMTI RLL controller with a Seagate ST238 drive to
>   give me 30Mb on my Columbia MPC (IBM-PC compatable). I works
>   perfectly and I see a noticeable performance improvement over my old
>   10Mb Tandon drive.

I believe there is a problem using the RLL controllers with older drives.
The RLL controllers require new drives with better specs.  They
may appear to work at first with old drives, but eventually you
get disk errors that can't be recovered.  The Seagate ST238 was designed
to work with RLL controllers, I think.  Maybe some knowledgable
person out there can give us a list of other drives that work, too.
-- 
Mark Alexander	...{hplabs,ucbvax!decvax}!decwrl!pyramid!amdahl!drivax!alexande
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