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Article #2679Re: Will RD54 drives work in PCs?
From: Michael Ardai
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 20:07
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 20:07
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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. Sure, they are just ordinary MFM drives (I believe Maxtor 1140 or 2190) Just low-level format them and they will work fine. Make sure the PC's supply is big enough to handle the load... /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST Teradyne EDA --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /|\ ardai@maven.dnet.teradyne.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!stanford.edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!att-out!pacbell.com!decwrl!netcomsv!attain!icd.teradyne.com!news From: ardai@zax.eda.teradyne.com (Michael Ardai) Subject: Re: Will RD54 drives work in PCs? Message-ID: <1992Oct2.200725.20840@icd.teradyne.com> Sender: news@icd.teradyne.com (News admin) Organization: Teradyne, Inc. Boston MA References: <1992Oct2.135359.11507@dsuvax.dsu.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:07:25 GMT Lines: 13