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Article #18715Re: Western Digital WD1002A-27X RLL controller jumpers
From: david.a.vancleef
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 15:09
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 15:09
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In article <9106280040.AA11913@ray.com> paulcn@idsvax.ids.com (Paul Coen) writes: >I have a rather boring WD1002A-27X hard drive controller card (8-bit, >supports 2 RLL drives, you know the card). > >I have two questions: > >1) Why did WD bother? Just what is the point of effectivly lying to the > operating system about drive characteristics in this case? > To handle ancient software that refuses to believe that any hard drive will ever have anything other than 17 sectors per track. ------- David A. Van Cleef AT&T Bell Laboratories internet: dvc@hrmso.att.com Red Hill Facility, Middletown, NJ uucp-land: ...!att!hrmso!dvc +1 908 615 4906
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!att!cbfsb!cbnewsb.cb.att.com!dvc From: dvc@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (david.a.vancleef) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Western Digital WD1002A-27X RLL controller jumpers Message-ID: <1991Jun28.150938.5003@cbfsb.att.com> Date: 28 Jun 91 15:09:38 GMT References: <9106280040.AA11913@ray.com> Sender: news@cbfsb.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 16