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RLL Hard Drives

    14-Nov-87 23:54:34
Sb: RLL Hard Drives
Fm: Bill Forcade 74746,604
To: All
When (or if) my A2000 Bridge Card arrives, I would like to add a 3 1/2" hard disk that will work with an IBM controller, and partition part of it for the Amiga. In selecting the hard disk I would like to retain the option of later switching to the Amiga 2090 controller and using the HD only on the Amiga. I have seen several 3 1/2" HD's that use RLL encoding and need a special IBM controller for RLL. If I get an RLL HD and controller for the IBM side, will I still be able to partition part of it for the Amiga side ? Second Question, if I get an RLL HD would I be able to later run it with the A2090 ? I like the larger capacities of the RLL drives for the IBM, but was afraid it would require special adapters for the A2090 or special formatting utilities which are not presently available. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.