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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PerStor Controllers
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Date: 30 Dec 89 05:16:03 GMT
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davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>In article <6100040@adaptex> skipl@adaptex.UUCP writes:
>
>| I suggest that you be very careful with this approach. I spent 22 years in the 
>| drive business and feel I know that technology very well. Don't know 
>| anything about that controller company but I strongly recommend
>| you talk directly to the Seagate people to make sure the drives will
>| handle this and they will stand behind it. Try them at (800) 468-3472, 
>| that's the last number I have for them. Looking forward to hearing about
>| your experiences. Maybe we are looking at something new and improved.
>
>  Two points: first Seagate won't support any RLL on non-RLL drives,
>they sell RLL drives for higher prices. However, I have used the PS180
>with ST4096 and ST251 without problems. I have not used the new
>PS180-16F and PS200-16F which have the floppy controller. Second,
>Perstor is an OLD controller company, I believe I did business with them
>in the 70's for S-100 stuff.
>
>  The original PS180 didn't have a floppy controller and wasn't
>compatible with UNIX. I sent mine back. It DID work very well for DOS,
>however, which satisfied a lot of customers. The new versions do have
>the floppy controller, and do work with UNIX. The new 16 bit "200
>series" controllers are 16 bit and the 200-16F offers 34 sectors/track,
>which doubles the capacity of the drive. They claim it will work with
>any plated media drive, and I believe they have a 30 day return policy.

What if their controller kills the drive?  A possibility, and what if I
develop problems with the drive after sending the PerStor back and my
(Seagate) drive dies and Seagate refuses to service it because it was
formatted ARLL?
 
     // JCA

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