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From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RLL controllers
Message-ID: <288@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 09:52:41 EST
Article-I.D.: wa3wbu.288
Posted: Mon Nov  9 09:52:41 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Nov-87 07:36:13 EST
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Organization: John Gayman,WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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Keywords: Seagate 20/30 Meg drives
Summary: RLL has had problems

In article <3230@xanth.UUCP>, kahn@xanth.UUCP (Gary I Kahn) writes:
> Does anyone have any comments about the effects of Adaptec (sp?) RLL
> controllers on drive life, drive reliability, or data file safety?

  I have read quite a few articles lately on people having trouble with
the adaptec RLL controller. Granted, there were definately problems when
used with a drive that was not qualified for RLL but I've also heard of
problems even when using the ST-238. I know both Adaptec and Western Digital
have both released *new* versions of their controllers and havn't heard
anything about them yet. One thing is fact, the plated-media drives such
as the ST-238 are much more durable than the oxide-coating of the ST-225.
Most of the RLL-related problems I have heard were lost data after using
the drives for a long period of time. I would recommend getting the ST-238
and using it with a standard controller giving you 20MB of plated media.

						John

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