Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!upvax!stevewa
From: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Anyone running RLL on Miniscribe 3650?
Summary: How reliable is it?
Keywords: RLL, Miniscribe, 3650, Harddisk
Message-ID: <461@upvax.UUCP>
Date: 19 Sep 88 17:35:46 GMT
Reply-To: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward)
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Organization: University of Portland, Portland, OR
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I've seen notes from time to time suggesting that the media on the
Miniscribe 3650 is good enough to use as an RLL drive.

Well, I have one of same, and am considering getting an RLL controller
if it's reasonably reliable when using this drive.

So I'd like to hear from anyone who's tried using the 3650 with RLL
encoding...I'm interested in reliability, how much storage you ended
up with, and any difference in speed.

I'd also like reccomendations on controllers...Ideally I'd like to
get one with the floppy controller on the same board (like WD's),
since otherwise I'd have to buy a seperate floppy controller.

Oh, by the way, it's running on my 10MHz AT, so I'll need a 16-bit
controller.

Thanks in advance

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