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Re: RF74 Disk



Does it matter?  If those disks are connected to MSCP controllers, the host just sees a vector of blocks, and the device geometry is irrelevant and invisible.

	paul

> On May 6, 2025, at 12:52 AM, Andrew Ball <asbatwrk%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> I have looked at the 'RF Series Integrated Storage Element User Guide'
> and was able to find a geometry for most of the DSSI disks. RF36 and
> RF74 though mentioned different number of sectors per track for
> different 'bands', which makes some sense given that outer tracks
> would be longer. Since I'm making virtual disks for open-simh, I'm
> probably just looking for a total number of sectors (especially for
> the RF74). Could someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Andy Ball.



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