22 Mar
2012
22 Mar
'12
12:41 a.m.
Rich Alderson wrote:
16-bit or 18-bit format? Which is to say, 512-byte or
576-byte
sectors? ;-)
Do ya feel lucky? :-)
I didn't bother asking, because they're always 16-bit.
I've looked briefly into the possibility of building a servo writer to
reformat RA81 HDAs, so that 16-bit HDAs could be turned into 18-bit. It
doesn't seem completely insurmountable, but it would be a fair bit of work.
The other problem I'd have with RA81 drives is that even if I had an
18-bit HDA, I haven't yet been able to get an HSC50 to use it on. I'm
told that no later model HSC supports 576-byte sectors. I've got two
HSC70s, and would be happy to trade them for HSC50s.