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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Help with Seagate ST238 and WD RLL controller
Message-ID: <800@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 88 14:54:15 GMT
References: <39434@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
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In article <39434@linus.UUCP> ted@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Ede) writes:
...About 15 months ago I purchased a 30 Meg hard drive for my Leading
...Edge Model M.  At that time, I did not give much thought to the drive
...& controller; I just plugged it in.  The other day I was pulling the
...machine apart and noticed that I had an ST238 (Normally 30 Meg) and an
...RLL controller.  I know RLL can pack more data onto a disk than MFM,
...my question is, can I get more than 30 Meg out of the ST238?  Will it
...be reliable?  I'm only using 20 out of the 30 meg, so space isn't an
...issue yet, but if I can get more (with no decrease in reliability),
...why not?
...

The ST238 you have is already formatted RLL for 30MB, period.  The ST238
is an ST225 (20 MB, MFM) that has been tested for RLL formatting.

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