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From: toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RLL on Maxtor Drives?
Message-ID: <4002@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM>
Date: 28 Sep 88 14:30:26 GMT
Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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There seems always to be a lot of debate about RLL encoding working
on low-cost Seagate drives (particularly the 225 and 251), but has
anyone had any experience, good or bad, with RLL on one of these
expensive Maxtor drives (mine is a 2190, but I would also be interested
in people trying RLL on smaller models).

I'm trying it out, but would appreciate hearing any negative experiences
ASAP, in which case I will go back to my old controller.  Meanwhile I
do a surface scan every day (!), back up important work daily, and the
complete system weekly.

The controller is an adaptec ACB-2372, which I would guess is the same
one that Northgate puts on all their systems (1-1 interleave, RLL).
The 192 meg capacity (drives C through H) is great only if it works!

Lets keep the RLL clutter down, respond direct if you can, and I will
summarize if I get any requests.

toma@tekgvs.TEK.COM
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