Hello there Peter!

30 Apr 05 at 15:51, Peter Knapper writes to Barry Blackford:

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

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

Hence the "Shuddah!" when you reminded me of "them days" :-)

Best Rgds, Bazz
barry{at}glonet.co.nz
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