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In article <1is6eeINNhaj@phakt.usc.edu>, hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***) writes:
> Hello world,
> 
> I have just acquired a Seagate 4096 80meg MFM drive. Unfortunately,
> my system has a RLL controller with a Mitsubishi 65Meg in it.
> 
> Will the Seagate be able to work with an RLL controller to get
> 26 sector/track instead of the 17??
> 
  I did they same with a 20 Mb MFM drive (st255 or something). In the
  beginning, everything was fine: the 20 Mb disk was upgraded to an
  32 Mb one and no problems whatsoever. But after only a few weeks
  the disk started to act strange. Sometimes it would only boot after a
  30 minute warming up period and it made strange noises when seeking. 
  Booting from this disk was even more fun: it made a hell of noise
  and seemed to seeks for its track 0 for 20 seconds or so (the hard
  clicks you hear when its heads are bouncing to the _origin pin_
  (this word was invented by me, I don't know the exact word :-) ). 

  Ok, to turn it short: after a few months the disk was totally trashed
  and I had to discard it. Then I bought a same disk and tried it again
  (I couldn't believe it won't work :-) ). This disk is still in my
  machine, but again I'm losing data...

  So as far as I can say: don't even think about it, buy an MFM controller
  for a few bucks... 

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