pete@Octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann) (10/25/89)
What follows is an old list of hard disk drives that have been verified to work with the Perstor PS180 controller. (This is a controller that gets 1.8 times the 'normal' data density out of a drive.) Perhaps somebody can become the keeper of this list, and take continual survey input on drives that do and don't work well under RLL. (Note that ANY drive can be bad; simply because a sample doesn't work under RLL doesn't mean that all samples won't work! My only personal bad experience was with an RLL-rated drive!) NOTE 1: This list is verified by Perstor, not the drive manufacturers. Drive manufacturers never recommend using RLL schemes on drives that aren't 'qualified' for RLL. They would rather have you pay extra bucks and get an 'approved' drive. NOTE 2: I'd say that any drive on this list ought to work fine on any good 'RLL' controller. Experience may prove otherwise, we'll see! NOTE 3: If a drive isn't here, it is probably ok, but untested by Perstor. RLL-compatible drive list: Manufacturer Drives CDC Wren 2 94155-19, 36,38,48, 51, 57, 67, 77, 86 Lapine Titan 20 Maxtor 1065, 1085, 1140, 2190 (aka Newbury Data: NDR1065, NDR1085, 1140, 2190) Miniscribe 8425, 8438, 8425F, 8438F, 3650, 3675, 6032, 6053, 6079, 6085, 6128 Microscience HH-1050 NEC D5126,D5127,D5146H,D5147H Priam ID130 PTI PT225, PT338, PT238R, PT357R Rodime 3055, 352 Seagate ST238, ST4026, ST125, ST251, ST277, ST4051, ST4096 and.... ST225 rev #003 with S/N greater than 1,000,000 ST225 rev #003B or above ------------------------ Pete -- Peter Holzmann, Octopus Enterprises |(if you're a techie Christian & are 19611 La Mar Ct., Cupertino, CA 95014 |interested in helping w/ the Great UUCP: {hpda,pyramid}!octopus!pete |Commission, email dsa-contact@octopus) DSA office ans mach=408/996-7746;Work (SLP) voice=408/985-7400,FAX=408/985-0859