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In article <1ifkhjINNt85@gap.caltech.edu>,  writes:
> I have a few old rt hard disks (40 and 70 megs).  We no longer have rt's  
> and I would like to use them for an IBM 386.  I think those disks are  
> ESDI.  Is that so?  How can I use them on a 386?  How much would a  
> controller cost?
> Thanks, reply by e-mail

Three things..
  1) Your news software is mis-configured.  It produced a null or invalid
     "From:" line. It also was missing the Sender or Reply-to line.
     Had to guess your E-mail address by piecing 
     the news headers together.  Most likely your NNTP client host
     "piglet" is mis-configured.  Your NNTP server did not help much
     either..  With no valid "From:" line, some news software programs
     will drop your article on the floor.  
     Here is the news header as arrived at my site:

] Path: antimatr!lobster!menudo.uh.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uunet!news.claremont.edu!nntp-server.caltech.edu!egrayver
] Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
] Subject: OLD RT hard disks--for ibm pc?
] Keywords: rt hard
] Message-ID: <1ifkhjINNt85@gap.caltech.edu>
] Date: 6 Jan 93 21:56:02 GMT
] Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
] Lines: 5
] NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.caltech.edu
] Originator: egrayver@piglet

  2) No username was attached to the article, hard to figure out who
     you are.  No sig line was attached either..  I hope this
     E-mail address works that I cobbled together.
     I guessed with egrayver@piglet.caltech.edu.
     Just in case, I am posting this as well.

  3) Answer to your post..
     
     RT disks came in a varity of flavors.

     The R-40 disks are MFM and the same as PC-AT original hard drive.
     The R-70 drive is ESDI, as well as the E-70 drive. 
     The only difference is the number of sectors/track.

     Cost of PC controllers has been dropping, most likely around
     the $100.00-200.00 range, depending on features, speed and ect...

Later,
markw

M. Whetzel 
Home: markw@antimatr.hou.tx.us        | IBM RT/125 running AIX 2.2.1 
UUCP ..!uhnix1!lobster!antimatr!markw 


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M. Whetzel 
Home: markw@antimatr.hou.tx.us        | IBM RT/125 running AIX 2.2.1 
UUCP ..!uhnix1!lobster!antimatr!markw