Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!ukma!cbosgd!ethos!ihop3!looney!cmv
From: cmv@looney
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Miniscribe Drives for the unix-pc
Message-ID: <1100028@looney>
Date: 16 Dec 87 15:31:00 GMT
References: <1100025@looney>
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Nf-ID: #R:looney:1100025:looney:1100028:000:3435
Nf-From: looney!cmv    Dec 16 09:31:00 1987


First of all, thanks to everyone responding to me about 2,7RLL encoding
on hard disks. As it turns out, to install it in the unix-pc, you'd have
to change the WD1010 (or WD2010) hard disk controller chip to one that
understands 2,7RLL encoding. I don't know if WD has a pin-compatible sub
for these chips or not. In any case I went ahead and deleted these drives
from the list.

I also got an update on some of the DEC drives (thanks Gary!) which I've
included here. If you can add any information to this list, or even confirm
to me that a particular drive works with the unix-pc, please let me know
so I can update this list some more.

Once again, here it is...

Model	Height	Size 		Ave Sk	Heads:		Recording
		unformatted	time	Cylinders	Method      Comments
=============================================================================
----------------------------CONTROL DATA-------------------------------------
FWCDC48	Full	48.20MBytes	28msec	5:925		MFM
94205-51 Half	51.__MBytes	28msec	?		?
FWCDC85	Full	85.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024		MFM
94155-86 Full	86.__MBytes	28msec	9:925		MFM
-------------------------DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP------------------------------
RD32	Half	51.__MBytes	48msec	?		?
RD52	Full	33.__MBytes	38msec	8:512		MFM	(Quantum)
RD53	Full	85.__MBytes	38msec	8:1024		MFM	(Micropolis1335)
RD54	Full	191._MBytes	38msec	?		?	(Maxtor2190??)
-------------------------------FUJITSU---------------------------------------
M2243R	Half	129._MBytes	29msec	?		?
-------------------------------HITACHI---------------------------------------
DK521	Half	51.40MBytes	25msec	?		?
-------------------------------MAXTOR----------------------------------------
XT1085	Full	85.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024		MFM
XT1140	Full	143.5MBytes	27msec	15:918		MFM
XT2190	Full	191.2MBytes	30msec	15:1224		MFM
-----------------------------MICROPOLIS--------------------------------------
1333A	Full	53.30MBytes	30msec	5:1024		MFM
1335	Full	85.30MBytes	30msec	8:1024		MFM
----------------------------MICROSCIENCE-------------------------------------
HH-1050	Full	53.35MBytes	28msec	?		?
HH-4050	Full	53.35MBytes	18msec	?		?
-----------------------------MINISCRIBE--------------------------------------
		**formatted**
		*****size****
3212+	Half	12.75MBytes	53msec	2:615		MFM
3425+	Half	21.40MBytes	53msec	4:615		MFM
3650	Half	42.25MBytes	61msec	6:809		MFM
6032	Full	26.70MBytes	28msec	3:1024		MFM
6053	Full	44.60MBytes	28msec	5:1024		MFM
6085	Full	71.30MBytes	28msec	8:1024		MFM
---------------------------NEWBURY DATA INC----------------------------------
NDR1000	Full	65.__MBytes	25msec	?		?
NDR2000 Full	190._MBytes	28msec	?		?
--------------------------------PRIAM----------------------------------------
ID40	Full	51.10MBytes	28msec	5:981		MFM
ID45H	Half	53.20MBytes	28msec	5:1024		MFM
ID60	Full	71.50MBytes	28msec	7:981		MFM
ID130	Full	159.9MBytes	28msec	15:1024		MFM
519	Full	191.2MBytes	22msec	?		?
-----------------------------RODIME INC--------------------------------------
RO5090	Full	89.__MBytes	28msec	?		?
-------------------------------SEAGATE---------------------------------------
ST225	Half	25.60MBytes	20msec	4:615		MFM
ST251	Half	51.20MBytes	40msec	6:820		MFM
ST4038	Full	38.20MBytes	40msec	5:733		MFM
ST4053	Full	50.90MBytes	40msec	5:1024		MFM
ST4096	Full	96.00MBytes	28msec	9:1024		MFM
=============================================================================

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