Largest ST-506 (MFM or RLL) type HDD?

arcarlini at iee.org arcarlini at iee.org
Wed Oct 14 15:55:26 CDT 2009


cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org wrote:
> Hi guys,
>    Does anyone know what the largest capacity MFM or RLL (i.e.
> ST-506/ST-412 type interface) hard disk was? I know the AT
> drive types
> go from 0 to 46 (plus user defined type 47), and the largest
> of these is
>   #46: 1224 cyls, 15 heads, 17 secs (152MB). Question is, did anyone
> ever make an MFM drive that big, or was that strictly IDE territory?
> 

The DEC RD54 (Maxtor XT-2190) was 159MB or so. I once had a brace of
them on a PC.

Antonio




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