25 Jul
2024
25 Jul
'24
3:41 a.m.
The CDC test system for the RM03 is a standard SMD device. You disconnect the Massbus
interface and connect the test system where the Massbus interface was connected. So the
drive interface is probably standard SMD. The data transfer of the 9762 is fairly high, so
it may not work with slow controllers.
On Jul 25, 2024, at 5:59 AM, Christian Corti via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hello all,
we now have a RM03 drive, but are missing all the cables and the RH11 backplane, though I
have the cards.
Since the drive itself is a CDC 9762 I was wondering if I could ignore the Massbus
adapter in the drive cabinet and use the CDC as a "normal" SMD drive (at least
it uses the standard 60+26 pin cables).
There are no service manuals/schematics of the drive itself, so I can't look there.
And all I could find on the net were discussions of using the Massbus adapter for normal
SMD drives but in my case, I don't want Massbus at all.
Christian