Re: MFM on RLL?

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From: Bill Darden <wdarden>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 1990 03:41

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In article <2881@uwm.edu> paravia@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark David Kakatsch) writes:
>Can an MFM drive be connected to an RLL controller? I can get a 40Mbyte 
>MFM drive for free, but I've got a '386 w/ an 65Mbyte RLL. (Gateway). I 
>know that MFM is pretty slow for a 386, but since it would be free, I wouldn't
>mind...Thanks much.
>
Try it--you might like it!  You will know in a hurry if the media
can not be formatted to the increased density, besides the price is
certainally right.

Good luck,

BiLL.....

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