13 Feb
2004
13 Feb
'04
1:57 p.m.
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Tom Uban wrote:
A friend wants to know if he can use an ST238R RLL
drive with am MFM
controller. It has been to long for me to remember the answer to
that question, so I'll let the knowing people of this list enter
your votes.
YES.
The MFM controller will provide about 2/3 the capacity that RLL would,
usually with slightly better reliability.
When using 512 bytes per sector, the sectors per track will be 17.
Number of cylinders and number of heads will not change.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com