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From: brad@microm.UUCP (Bradley W. Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: RLL formats & SCO Xenix
Summary: differences ID/130 ID/230
Message-ID: <250@microm.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 18:16:56 GMT
References: <90020606211487@masnet.uucp> <1990Feb7.041139.28042@tah386.manhattan.ks.us>
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In article <1990Feb7.041139.28042@tah386.manhattan.ks.us>, terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull) writes:
> 
> I was told by PGI, who used to be Priam distributors, that the only
> difference between an ID/130 and an ID/230 was the 230 came with a RLL
> controller and the 130 did not come with a controller.  They claimed
> that Priam certified both drives for use with RLL controllers. 

Close. Both drives are identical but during production they are tested 
as RLL, and if they pass they get an ID/230 sticker and marketed as an
RLL drive in the catalog. If not ID/130 goes on and it is marketed as 
an ID/130. (Look in any catalog that used to carry Priam). The key point
on these drives is the quality of the media (chromium instead of iron
oxide). I've got many ID/130's running RLL ok and a few with a bad sector
popping up every few month's. BTW, I can just about throw a stone from 
here to PGI, and many of the Priam installs I see were from there.

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