Subject: Re: RD54 drive numbers.
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/30/1998 22:14:05
  Hmm...a distinct possibility.  That'd be the difference between
"cylinders" and "usable cylinders". :)

           -Dave

On January 30, David Brownlee wrote:
> 	Maybe DEC uses the three cylinders at the end for the MSCP bad
> 	block handling?
> 
> 		David/absolute
> 
> - "It was at that point I realised there might be a chance for myself
> -  as a caring human being. Unable to decide whether to feel hopeful or
> -  disgusted, I chose both and opened a bottle of wine to celebrate."
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> > On January 30, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> > > (*) Maxtor docs say 1224 cylinders, DEC docs say 1221 cylinders. Dunno who is
> > > right.
> > 
> >   Hint: Maxtor designed and built the drive.
> > 
> > 
> >                  -Dave
> >