ESDI disks

From: Megan <mbg_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Jun 13 20:18:02 1998

>More likely SCSI (single 50pin cable) or EDSI (two cables like MFM).
>MFM drives topped out at 160mb or so, EDSI went to at least 400mb maybe
>higher.

ESDI, and I know they can handle higher capacity disks (though I can't
speak to the actual limit) as I have several ESDI disks which are
770mb unformatted (about 668mb formatted). A couple of them are the
Hitachi DK515-78. I also have some Maxtor drives, but I don't remember
their designation.

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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