MFM drives

From: Kip Crosby <engine_at_chac.org>
Date: Wed Jan 21 00:26:33 1998

>From: SUPRDAVE <SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com>
>Subject: MFM drives


>has anyone else had a fantastic failure rate with mfm controller cards?
>seems like i have better luck with reviving hard drives....

For "fantastic" substitute "legendary." During my years as a support tech
(roughly 1986 to 1994) it was an article of faith in my firm that a "bad
disk" was a failed controller about two times out of three. This could be
difficult to explain to end-users, who generally knew what a hard disk was,
but rarely what a controller was, or even that they owned one.

It was also entertaining telling an end-user that, once they had a new
controller, they'd have to low-level the
       -- kc
Received on Wed Jan 21 1998 - 00:26:33 GMT