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Article #3424Re: RLL Interface
From: #Fromut Fritze
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 09:20
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 09:20
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>>I was given a RLL controller (Western Digital) for an AT. Does it >>require special software and drivers or is it treated the same as a >>"normal" MFM controller? > >If you have an RLL drive, just connect the sucker up and off you go! > But you might have to do a low level format for your drive. This could be hidden in the RLL controller's bios accessible by DOS's debug rather than provided by diskmanager or similar sw provided by disk supplier to allow for more sectors per track than mfm's standard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ internet: ffritze@hpwadrd.hp.com hpdesk: Fromut FRITZE / HPB400 / R1 phone: Germany 7243 602296 address: Fromut FRITZE, Waldbronn Analytic Division R&D, Hewlett Packard Str, D 7517 Waldbronn 2, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpbbn!hpwad!ffritze From: ffritze@hpwad.HP.COM (#Fromut Fritze) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: RLL Interface Message-ID: <19850001@hpwad.HP.COM> Date: 24 Sep 90 09:20:23 GMT References: <1403@atlas.tegra.COM> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Waldbronn, Germany Lines: 19