Re: SEAGATE 4096 80Meg MFM

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From: Michael Schuster
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:00

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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??

Depends on the vintage. If it's the later model with only one PC board
(rather than one on top and one on bottom) it's going to be a nightmare.

The later 4096's contain bandwidth limiting circuitry to SPECIFICALLY
=PREVENT= you from using RLL formatting. 

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