Re: MFM drive gone nuts

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:49:59 +0200 Message-ID: <53CBE527.4060308@laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 07/20/2014 05:10 PM, Julian Perry wrote:
> The 1003 was WD's first stab at the AT controller market (the 5170 had
> its own IBM-branded monster - full length, OVER-full-height) - and had
> a 5:1 interleave. I'd speculate the 1003-CMD is very similar to the
> 1003-WAH. The 1003 series was augmented by the compatible 1006V, which had a 1:1
> interleave (240Kbytes/second).

1:1 with MFM drive should give you 520KB/sec with a 3600 rpm drive.

17 x 512 x 60 = 522 KB/sec.

  Gerrit

       Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list