Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: 1:1 interleave controllers Keywords: hard disk controller card 1:1 interleave Message-ID: <12230@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 26 Sep 88 17:54:51 GMT References: <241@horizon.UUCP> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 26 In article <241@horizon.UUCP> kevin@horizon.UUCP (Kevin Criqui) writes: | ... I'm ready to buy a 16 bit AT controller | and have one last question. Is it worth the extra money to get a controller | that can use a 1:1 interleave? My machine is a 10 MHz, 0 wait state 80286 If you're running DOS it is. If you're running UNIX, probably not. The reason is that most 1:1 controllers work with a combination of hardware and firmware in the controller ROM. Therefore, UNIX, which doesn't use the firmware, does not benefit. | Another question comes to mind. Has anyone tried to format a Seagate ST4096 | RLL (2,7)? I have heard that it won't work, but they said my ST225 wouldn't | either and it works great. There is an RLL version which is a lot more money and appears to be nothing but a hand selected 4096. Most 4096's will run RLL okay (I'm running some) but it's not guaranteed. If you're trying to save a few bucks I'd try it. At 4096 prices you can probably sell one 4096 at a loss, buy another, and still be hundreds ahead of the price for the RLL version. Disclamer: I said it's not guaranteed. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me