jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez) (05/14/89)
Since I need to upgrade my 7300 from 40 Mb disk to something larger, I
noticed that the Miniscribe 3065 (number may be 3085) has impressive
specs in the advertisments. It's access time is listed as 17 ms and
even if this is optomistic, it is still pretty fast for the price.
Does anyone know if I can use this as a 67 Mb disk(8 heads 1024 cyl)
without any problems? It is a half-height unit which would allow me
to get another one when the disk mods become available. Any/all
information will be appreciated.
Thanks
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Jim Sanchez {sun,hplabs}!sun!sytek!syteke!jim OR
Hughes LAN Systems, Brussels mcvax!prlb2!sunbim!syteke!jimdca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) (05/23/89)
In article <236@syteke.UUCP>, jim@syteke.UUCP (Jim Sanchez) writes: > Since I need to upgrade my 7300 from 40 Mb disk to something larger, I > noticed that the Miniscribe 3065 (number may be 3085) has impressive > specs in the advertisments. It's access time is listed as 17 ms and > even if this is optomistic, it is still pretty fast for the price. > Does anyone know if I can use this as a 67 Mb disk(8 heads 1024 cyl) > without any problems? It is a half-height unit which would allow me > to get another one when the disk mods become available. Any/all > information will be appreciated. I got a 3085 from Hard Drives International (they advertise in Computer Shopper). I believe it is going for < $600 these days. However, I didn't get it for my Unix PC. Unlike the 3053 for which the heads and cylinders is the same as the 6053, the 3085 isn't the same as the 6085 at all. ---------- Model 3085 Formatted capacity 72.4M Number of disks 5 Number of heads 7 Number of cylinders 1177 Average Access 18ms Track to Track 5ms Average power 12.4watts Form Factor HH 51/4 MTBF 30000 hrs Sectors/Track 17 Auto Park Yes ------------------------ Is there any kind of cylinder limit on the Unix PC? For some reason I seem to remember 1024 as the max cylinders that could be used on a drive but I could just be confused. Would someone please clarify? David Albrecht