Re: Some upgrading questions...

[gdr@myrias.ab.ca (Devin Reade)]

In article <D432z9.98L@actrix.gen.nz> dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:

>I think the MFM/RLL interface can support up to four drives (using
>separate drive select lines).  I don't recall ever seeing a machine
>with two or more MFM/RLL drives.  Maybe the controllers were usually
>limited to a single drive?

My wife had both an RLL and MFM drive hanging off of a single controller
until I accidently shorted a pair of pins on the MFM drive.  I assume not
all RLL controller cards would allow this mixed pair of drive types. I
don't know if more than two drives are possible.

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	Devin Reade		gdr@myrias.ab.ca