Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: FAST disks on PC AT clones Message-ID: <3435@tekgvs.TEK.COM> Date: 12 May 88 18:48:16 GMT References: <21346@amdcad.AMD.COM> <205@octopus.UUCP> <1006@spdcc.COM> <613@mccc.UUCP> <212@octopus.UUCP> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 14 In article <212@octopus.UUCP> pete@octopus.UUCP (Pete Holzmann) writes: < 3) Maxtor drives seem to work just great, even though they are not < certified [for RLL]. Also note that the 1140 is really a 2190 with a < different label: It is advertised as having only 918 cylinders, < but really has 1224. $1795 at Fry's + an RLL controller gets < you 240MB of disk space! < < 4) Anybody have experience with other brands? < The Maxtor 1105 has a similar story - it's warranted for 918 tracks but will format out to 1024. keith