Re: MiniScribe
  By: MIKE ROSS to Dan Ceppa on Fri Feb 24 2006 03:33 pm

Wasn't there some trick with RLL drives where you could get like 50% more
or double your space by writing between the tracks or something like that?

 > "Dan Ceppa" bravely wrote to "All" (23 Feb 06  14:19:44)
 >  --- on the heady topic of "MiniScribe"
 > 
 >  DC> Does anyone know the jumper settings for a Miniscribe 3650?
 > 
 >  DC> I've got a couple that I'd like to access.  I think I have some old
 >  DC> data files on them that I'd like to recover.
 > 
 > 
 > Is it the straight 3650 or the 3650R?
 > The former is MFM 42.2M 809c 17s 6h, precomp 128, park 852 (?).
 > The latter is RLL about 60M with 32s or 36s not sure now.
 > 
 > I don't have the jumper settings but if it wasn't mucked with then
 > using the controller it was originally formatted with it should work.
 > IOW one can't use a different controller mfg/model to access it.
 > MFM/RLL was a bitch for that.
 > 
 >  Mike
 > 

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