MFM vs RLL or ST-225 vs ST-238R (was Re: 3.5" floppy drive in IBM XT?)

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Apr 8 16:23:00 2003

At 08:10 AM 4/8/03 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>> At 10:47 PM 4/7/03 -0700, Don wrote:
>> >
>> >Interesting question is whether it is being used as a 21mb MFM
>> >drive or as a 33mb RLL. My guess would be 21mb.
>>
>>
>> It's an RLL drive and is 32 Mb according to my sources.
>
>Does that mean that you confirmed that your controller is an RLL
>controller?

   No, my controller is an original IBM 10 Mb MFM HD controller. It's only using 10 Mb of the drive.

   Joe
Received on Tue Apr 08 2003 - 16:23:00 BST