Looking for source of MFM or RLL drives

From: Kelly Leavitt <kelly_at_catcorner.org>
Date: Sat Feb 8 15:44:54 2003

Yes, the OS allows entering of drive geometry. Actually only supports MFM up
to 70Meg. RLL drives will of course work, just not to RLL capacity. I'm
looking for the largest drives I can find.

From: Ethan Dicks
--- Kelly Leavitt <CCTalk_at_catcorner.org> wrote:
> Any good sources of MFM or RLL drives. This would be for a Tandy 6000
> running Xenix.
>
> I'm looking for 70 Meg or higher MFM (110 RLL capacity).

Hmm... those aren't so common (in the DEC world, there are two
choices - the RD53 (Miniscribe 1325) and the RD54 (Maxtor XT2190).

I take it you aren't constrained by a narrow set of expected
geometries? (i.e. - you have a running system and/or the install
procedure asks you about the drive rather than assuming?)

-ethan
Received on Sat Feb 08 2003 - 15:44:54 GMT