Hi Bazz,

 PK> My very first HD was an RLL ST238 and it was still running perfect 
 PK> 6 years later when it became too small to be useful and so was retired...

 BB> Shuddah! I remember them days, all very well while the 
 BB> controller and drive are healthy....!

All the MFM and RLL drives of that time suffered from the mechanical
alignment of the tracks/sectors, it wasn't until improved encoding schemes
came along (ESDI) that things improved. You needed to do a Low Level Format
of MFM/RLL drives about every 3 years to retore the reliabilty...

Cheers..........pk.


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