Another RL02 question...

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Fri Apr 3 14:36:00 1998

>
>
> <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.
>
> Head 0/1 are on opposite sides of the platter so they will always be on
> the same cylinder. So there are 512 cylinders of two heads, 40 sectors
> of 256 bytes per track (one head/side of a cylinder).
>

If my memory is correct:

Not if the alignment is off, since the embedded servo will not check
until the head is selected and then it will notice it's not on track.

I may be wrong. It's a while since aligning RL02's with toggle in's.
Anyone got the theory of ops on one?


> There are a lot of ways to organize that physical layout.
>
> Allison
>


Bill

Bill

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