4 Apr
2005
4 Apr
'05
5:04 p.m.
From: "Tom Peters" <tpeters at mixcom.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:38 PM
<snip>
I would be willing to bet you are talking about 16 bit controllers, most 16
bit controllers are interchangeable. Very few 8 bit controllers are
interchangeable.
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
If you are
trying to recover files you are probably wasting your time, the
XT controllers used unique formatting and you will never read the data off
of the drives without using controllers indentical with ones used
originally. It is not good enough to use the same brand or even chipset.
I have been able to read many old MFM drives and the occasional RLL drive.
When the original controller was jumpered to lie about head or cylinder
count or other facts of drive geometry, I have be largely unable to read
those. This was several years ago.
>Randy
>www.s100-manuals.com