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> Lines: 73 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 ============================================================================= Please send comments, questions, and updates to [ihnp4!]looney!cmv