[Coco] RLL hard drive

[Bill]

Well this controller is in EXCELLENT shape, and has a couple of jumpers on
it, but I don't have a manual for it, and Seagate has LONG SINCE quit
supporting it.

Oh, well.

Thanks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Phill Harvey-Smith
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 5:52 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] RLL hard drive
> 
> I have tried it with an MFM controler, which is pretty similar, and the
> answer is it depends on a lot of things some MFM/FLL cards can be
> jumpered to co-exist with IDE controlers others not.
> 
> Also there is the rather more serious problems with compatibility
> between drives formatted on different controlers, though I have found
> that if they use the same chipset, then you have a much better chance
> of making it work, even between different machines, e.g. I have an old
> Altos 3068 unix machine that has a WD MFM chipset, and I can read it's
> drives on a WD baded PC MFM controler.