7 May
2002
7 May
'02
4:03 a.m.
From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent(a)bellsouth.net>
I used it with one PC based system with excellent results. However, up
front
I assumed it may be twitchy so I used the best ST225 (minimum surface
defects) I had , shortest cables usable, and didn't format it until it was
warmed up to operating temp and the controller was a WD1005 (memory
test here). I'd never do it with an ST251 as they were flaky in my book
even for MFM. I found the best candidate for this was Quantum D540s
a 30mb MFM drive.
Allison
RLL though RLL
may/may_not be reliable with that drive. I have used
ST225s
with RLL controllers to get ~30mb from them
(st225 is 20mb MFM).
What's your success rate with this? I tried it a couple of times years ago
and encountered some very subtle but nasty data corruption.