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Article #20401Re: Maxtor 1140 HD any experiences?
From: Michael Schuster
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:17
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:17
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In article <1993Jan28.143654.31599@ucl.ac.uk> shaajdt@ucl.ac.uk (John Tovey) writes: > > am considering the purchase of a second hand Maxtor 1140 HD 119 MB MFM format. >Any comments, experiences welcomed. The XT1140 is a solid, workhorse drive. It is obsolete by today's interface standards, of course. Because the HDA was the same in the entire series that the 1140 came from, many of them can be formatted to much higher capacities than they were certified for. This means 1224 cylinders and RLL formatting. Friends of mine have used XT1140's formatted to 238 MB in this way for YEARS of continuous use without a peep. -- _______________________________Mike Schuster________________________________ NY Pub. Access UNIX/Internet: schuster@panix.com | 70346.1745@CompuServe.COM The Portal (R) System: schuster@shell.portal.com | MCI Mail,GEnie: MSCHUSTER
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!gatech!news.ans.net!cmcl2!panix!schuster From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) Subject: Re: Maxtor 1140 HD any experiences? Message-ID: <C1KqpB.IMM@panix.com> Keywords: Maxtor HD Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC References: <1993Jan28.143654.31599@ucl.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:17:34 GMT Lines: 19