rwwetmore@watmath.UUCP (02/03/87)
In article <1083@ethos.UUCP>: > I just read about the RLL (Run Length Limited) controlers in the > Febuary issue of Computer Shoper. It seems almost too good to be > true. Has anyone tried these controlers that could report on their > performance/compatibility? I have known of them for some time, but never seemed to get any detailed information on them. Since there seem to be a number of users on the net with them, perhaps this is a good time and place to ask the following: 1) What (if any) specific hardware upgrades are required to use RLL controllers besides the controller itself and compatible disk? Are there any modifications to the disk to enable it to run with an RLL (as opposed to normal) controller? 2) Corollary: how does a standard ROM expecting 17 sectors/track manage to deal with the RLL sectoring? 3) Are there special software programs supplied with the disk for formatting, disk partitionning and setup, or device drivers? 4) What OS do you use? Has anyone used RLL disks with MicroPort Unix? Xenix? Are there any problems with interaction or incompatibility with the OS itself, or distributed programs? 5) Has anyone used RLL with the 86Mb Toshiba drives? any other drives >32Mb capacity? I will be happy to summarize any mail sent directly to me to the net. Ross W. Wetmore | rwwetmore@water.NetNorth University of Waterloo | rwwetmore@math.waterloo.edu Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 | {clyde, ihnp4, ubc-vision, utcsri} (519) 885-1211 ext 3491 | !watmath!rwwetmore