On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Tom Uban wrote:
> A friend wants to know if he can use an ST238R RLL drive with am MFM
> controller. It has been to long for me to remember the answer to
> that question, so I'll let the knowing people of this list enter
> your votes.
YES.
The MFM controller will provide about 2/3 the capacity that RLL would,
usually with slightly better reliability.
When using 512 bytes per sector, the sectors per track will be 17.
Number of cylinders and number of heads will not change.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Fri Feb 13 2004 - 13:57:47 GMT