vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) (09/20/90)
I was given a RLL controller (Western Digital) for an AT. Does it require special software and drivers or is it treated the same as a "normal" MFM controller? Thanks... jv "Like a clock, they sent, through, a washing machine: come around, make it soon, so alone." -- Syd Barrett _____ | | Johnathan Vail | n1dxg@tegra.com |Tegra| (508) 663-7435 | N1DXG@448.625-(WorldNet) ----- jv@n1dxg.ampr.org {...sun!sunne ..uunet}!tegra!vail
cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Conway Yee) (09/21/90)
In article <1403@atlas.tegra.COM> vail@tegra.COM (Johnathan Vail) writes: > >I was given a RLL controller (Western Digital) for an AT. Does it >require special software and drivers or is it treated the same as a >"normal" MFM controller? If you have an RLL drive, just connect the sucker up and off you go! Conway Yee, N2JWQ
ffritze@hpwad.HP.COM (#Fromut Fritze) (09/24/90)
>>I was given a RLL controller (Western Digital) for an AT. Does it >>require special software and drivers or is it treated the same as a >>"normal" MFM controller? > >If you have an RLL drive, just connect the sucker up and off you go! > But you might have to do a low level format for your drive. This could be hidden in the RLL controller's bios accessible by DOS's debug rather than provided by diskmanager or similar sw provided by disk supplier to allow for more sectors per track than mfm's standard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ internet: ffritze@hpwadrd.hp.com hpdesk: Fromut FRITZE / HPB400 / R1 phone: Germany 7243 602296 address: Fromut FRITZE, Waldbronn Analytic Division R&D, Hewlett Packard Str, D 7517 Waldbronn 2, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------