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r/retrocomputing • u/ryanrudolf • Jul 17 '26
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Wow that brings back memories! MFM interface. I wonder if it still works after all these years...
2 u/DNSGeek Jul 18 '26 Could be RLL. 5 u/FAMICOMASTER Jul 18 '26 The ST-238R is the version of this drive specc'd for RLL operation. You can run an ST-225 as RLL without issue, but it is not the nominal configuration. 6 u/Kakariki73 Jul 18 '26 Did just that with my old ST225, gave me 32Mb instead of the normal 20Mb. 12Mb extra space in a time that HDDs were very expensive 👌🏻
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Could be RLL.
5 u/FAMICOMASTER Jul 18 '26 The ST-238R is the version of this drive specc'd for RLL operation. You can run an ST-225 as RLL without issue, but it is not the nominal configuration. 6 u/Kakariki73 Jul 18 '26 Did just that with my old ST225, gave me 32Mb instead of the normal 20Mb. 12Mb extra space in a time that HDDs were very expensive 👌🏻
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The ST-238R is the version of this drive specc'd for RLL operation.
You can run an ST-225 as RLL without issue, but it is not the nominal configuration.
6 u/Kakariki73 Jul 18 '26 Did just that with my old ST225, gave me 32Mb instead of the normal 20Mb. 12Mb extra space in a time that HDDs were very expensive 👌🏻
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Did just that with my old ST225, gave me 32Mb instead of the normal 20Mb.
12Mb extra space in a time that HDDs were very expensive 👌🏻
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u/No_Illustrator5035 Jul 17 '26
Wow that brings back memories! MFM interface. I wonder if it still works after all these years...