Ancient disk controllers

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun Apr 18 01:57:29 1999

--- Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> see below, please.
>
> Dick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
> >> 20MHz/4 = 5MHz = standard ST506 data rate.
> >
> >Right. It's the right rate for an 8" disk.
>
>
> Nope, it's not! the right rate for 8" Winchesters is 4.34 MHz!

Damn! Typo. I *know* that the 8" disk transfer rate is below 5Mhz. The
recent coverage of the WD-1001's were quite explicit in that regard.

-ethan

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Received on Sun Apr 18 1999 - 01:57:29 BST

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