Another RL02 question...

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Fri Apr 3 13:35:31 1998

>
> Do I have to program a seek to switch heads? I notice there's a head bit
> that can be set during the SEEK command...
> Can I just specify the head during a WRITE command, or do I have to seek to switch the head?

I may be wrong, but I thought the RL01/RL02 needed a seek to even switch
heads to guarantee the #0 and #1 head were on cyl when reading/writing.

Anyone else have any recollections/driver sources?


Bill

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