[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Quantum Q540

asgard@cpro.uucp (J.R. Stoner) (12/09/88)

>From article <392@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>, by paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi):
; Does anyone know anything about the Quantum Q540 hard drive?  Is this a
; standard ST506/412 interface drive?  If so, what XT or AT controller
; works best with it?

The Quantum Q540 is about as vanilla an MFM ST506 drive as you can get.
You must inform your low-level formatter to begin write pre-compensation
at cylinder 256.  If you do not have one of the very smart diagnostic
programs you can specify drive type 7 to setup and get use of 462 cylinders
by 8 heads.
 
; Thanks for the info.

You are welcome.
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