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In article <106476@netnews.upenn.edu>, tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) writes:
> I have an Adaptec RLL controller and a Seagate (RLL) ST238 drive.
> Either the controller or the drive (or both) is bad.  
> Since I don't have an extra RLL controller or RLL drive, Its difficult
> to trouble shoot.
> 
> Since I'm under the impression the ST238 (RLL) drive is the same
> as Seagate's ST225 (MFM) drive (with the difference being something
> along the lines of different platter surface density), I'd like to
> use a known good MFM controller to test the ST238.
> 
> Q: Can I use a MFM controller with the ST238?
>    (I understand that after low-level formatting, the storage will
>     be reduced (from the ~30Meg using RLL to ~20M using MFM).  However,
>     that's OK by me.)
> 
Yes you are on the right track. It should work MFM. The specs are:
615 cylinders, 4heads, write precomp N/A (616), reduced write current N/A(616),
parking 670.
> Any help would be *GREATLY* appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
You are welcome.
> 
> --tony
> 
Don Lewis
<djlewis@ualr.edu>