Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Rll: Miniscribe, Maxtor, Micropolis drives; SCSI: Seagate controller Message-ID: <5994@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 25 Sep 89 19:43:09 GMT References: <1096@neptune.AMD.COM> <51@pldote.intel.com> <[251a3461:5678.2]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <12376@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 19 In article <12376@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> JLI@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > > ...we had a lot of problem with the combination >of WD1006V/SR2 and Miniscribe 8450 (40MB RLL, 771 Cyl. 4hd.). Does anyone >encounter this problem? I no longer specify Miniscribe drives for anyone here because of the problems we had with the 3053 half-height, 42 Megabyte (MFM) drives and the Adaptec 2372B RLL controllers. We had the same "increasing-loss-of- sectors-as-time-goes-by" problem that you're having with the 8540. Maxtor and Micropolis have always worked with the Adaptec controller, even though not specified for RLL. I tried a Seagate SCSI controller card (the ST-02 ?) once; it sits in the drawer because it's too slow. kEITHe