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Article #2678Re: Will RD54 drives work in PCs?
From: havemann_l
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:11
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:11
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In article <1992Oct2.135359.11507@dsuvax.dsu.edu>, ghelmer@dsuvax.dsu.edu (Guy Helmer) writes: > Having just removed three RD54's from our MicroVAX (replaced by CMD > SCSI controller and 1.2Gb SCSI disks), I'd like to know whether we > could use the old disks in IBM PC-clones with MFM controllers. Any > definite answers, either affirmative or negative? > > -- > Guy Helmer, Dakota State University Computing Services - ghelmer@dsuvax.dsu.edu They work just fine - we have a couple of them here ourselves. The only problem is that you need an MFM controller that can handle >1224 cylinders or you only get ~130 megs out of it. You can also RLL them and get >225 megs also... They are _slow_ compared to a SCSI or IDE though. You can get 200 mb drives for ~$325 nowadays, you might want to consider selling or swapping them. -- Lee Havemann, Sys_op HSH Associates (201) 838-3330 Havemann_l@spcvxa.spc.edu - Havemann_l@spcvxa.bitnet "Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone else, including myself."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!rutgers!spcvxb!havemann_l From: havemann_l@spcvxb.spc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Will RD54 drives work in PCs? Message-ID: <1992Oct2.181151.4011@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 2 Oct 92 22:11:51 GMT References: <1992Oct2.135359.11507@dsuvax.dsu.edu> Organization: SPC Community Access System Lines: 22