km@emory.uucp (Ken Mandelberg) (12/28/87)
Does anyone know if I can use a Miniscribe 3425 disk
drive with an RLL controller?
More generally what distinguishes st506/412 disks that
can be used with RLL from those that can't? Is it just
that RLL drives have been tested at tighter specs?
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Ken Mandelberg | {decvax,sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!km UUCP
Emory University | km@emory BITNET
Dept of Math and CS | km@emory.ARPA ARPA,CSNET
Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7963dpbaudra@ihlpe.ATT.COM (452is-Braune) (01/04/88)
In article <2429@emory.uucp> km@emory.uucp (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >Does anyone know if I can use a Miniscribe 3425 disk >drive with an RLL controller? I've had one running that way about 6 mos. with no noticeable problems; HOWEVER, I recently backed it up, did a low level format, and tried to reformat with MS-DOS 3.2 R2.02 on my PC6300 and have been unsuccessful in reformatting (FAT problem). I able to use the 3425 normally as a 20MB drive with my WD RLL cntrlr running as an MFM cntrlr. Most info on the net has said don't try the RLL config and I tend to agree. WD told me that in certain circumstance physical damage to the disk can result. -- Dave Braune, AT&T - Data Systems Group, IW 2Z330, 1-312-979-7829 uucp: ihnp4!ihlpe!dpbaudra 8-367-7829