On 02/21/2017 05:05 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

[snip]

Hardly. I bought a system (XT-compatible) with a 20 MB hard
drive in 1988. That was a run-of-mill size then.

Yes. I got a 30MB, which was the same physical drive with a RLL
controller. It still allowed the user to do a low-level format (LLF).
IIRC, I would have to use DEBUG and give a command like GC000:00CC to
run a LLF program on the controller ROM.

Also, Spinrite could do a LLF.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko



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