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From: kaufman@maxzilla.Encore.COM (Lar Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Seagate ST-11R RLL Controller
Summary: How to use Seagate Controller with Alien Drives
Keywords: hard drive, RLL controller, Seagate
Message-ID: <5467@xenna.Encore.COM>
Date: 30 Mar 89 16:47:52 GMT
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Reply-To: kaufman@maxzilla.UUCP (Lar Kaufman)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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I want to use a Seagate ST-11R RLL controller with other drives. 
What I have in mind is a 20 meg. Micropolis drive.  The ST-11R 
holds the low-level formatting routines in ROM and you select 
the format from a menu of Seagate drive configurations (Seagate 238, 
277, etc.).
 
I suspect another format program on disk could be substituted to 
format for drives of other formats. Is this true, and if so, where 
can I find such a beast?  Will I instead have to burn a custom ROM, 
or what?
 
My assumption is that if I use a "compatible" drive corresponding to 
the appropriate Seagate, that it will work. Are there caveats to this?
 
  -lar
   "It's about a man, two women, and a revolution.  What could be 
   simpler than that?"                              - Roger Ebert 

 Lar Kaufman <= my opinions                       kaufman@Encore.com