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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RLL on standard disks
Summary: Can I do this
Message-ID: <10831@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 13 May 88 16:57:12 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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I have a system which needs a bit more disk. One possibility would be to
use an RLL controller, the other to place a full height disk externally
to replace the half height currently in use. For controllers I would get
the Adaptec 2732 (1:1 RLL) or the WD1006 (1:1 tk buf MFM).

The disks I have are ST4096 (80 MB formatted) and ST251 (42MB
formatted).

I have heard all sorts of rumors about using normal disks with RLL,
ranging from "unreliable" to "melts the coating off the disk." Has
someone already *tried* this who can give me some real info. The only
hard data I have is my local clone maker who tried this with the ST225
(super slow 20MB) who reported "every f***ing one of them stopped
working after about two weeks."

Obviously it would be cheaper to put in one really big disk rather than
replace the ones I have.

Reply by mail or post as pleases you.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me