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From: baxter@ARGENTINE.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ira Baxter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: MFM vs. RLL drives
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Date: 25 Mar 89 01:47:16 GMT
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I have two 6085 MFM miniscribes running on a WD controller.
Can these be used with RLL controllers?  I understand that RLL
requires 7.5Mhz bit rate, and MFM is 5Mhz, but I hear rumors
that in spite of this difference, the MFM drives tend to work anyway.
What happens to drive reliability?  Does anybody have experience
with this, or should I just give up and get a bigger drive
(RLL controllers MUCH cheaper than bigger drives!)

IDB
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