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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Maxtor drive experience ?
Message-ID: <4625@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Feb 89 20:32:51 GMT
References: <221@wa3wbu.UUCP> <666@bbking.KSP.Unisys.COM>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <666@bbking.KSP.Unisys.COM> rmarks@KSP.Unisys.COM (Richard Marks) writes:
>In article <221@wa3wbu.UUCP> john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman) writes:
>>    Does anyone have any experience to relate on Maxtor 1140 disk
>>  drives ?  I'd be interested in any info, good or bad. Thanks.
>
>
>We have had good experiences with the XT-1140.
>

So have we.  I sent this via e-mail but decided others may find it
interesting/useful:

The XT-1140 is the same drive as the XT-2190. Apparently Maxtor is
willing to guarantee the inner-most 220 tracks if you're willing to
part with more money. We've successfully formatted and used the
1140's as 2190's but it takes something other than the DOS hard-disk
driver to access tracks 1024-1224.  One machine is even running an
Adaptec 2732 RLL controller with the "extended" 1140 and ends up
with a formatted capacity of slightly over 244 megabytes. And, yes,
it's been reliable, showing no signs of "presbyophrenia."

kEITH