Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!oberon!pollux.usc.edu!papa From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Cheap hard disks (more low prices) Message-ID: <5489@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 02:47:18 EST Article-I.D.: oberon.5489 Posted: Wed Dec 2 02:47:18 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:00:51 EST References: <5322@oberon.USC.EDU> <735@rover.UUCP> Sender: nobody@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Organization: Felsina Software, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 13 About the possible fact that the Seagate ST238 is an RLL drive, I thought that Seagate used the following conventions: - No letter appended to drive designation means ST412 drive using MFM encoding (supported by the A2090) - letter "R" appended, means ST412 using RLL encoding (NOT supported by the A2090) - letter "L" appended, means SCSI drive (supported by A2090) So for example, there is an ST251, an ST251R, and an ST251N. Please correct me if I am wrong. -- Marco Papa