1 Apr
2005
1 Apr
'05
2:53 a.m.
On Mar 31, 2005 5:26 PM, vrs <vrs at msn.com> wrote:
The DECmate II is about the size of a large old
fashioned PC-AT. The
DECmate III is smaller (makes a fine stand for the monitor), but has no
second drive bay, so you get just the dual floppy drive it comes with. Both
of these use 5.25" floppies in RX50 format instead of 8" floppies in RX01
format like the DECmate I. Both come with a communications port.
There is a somewhat rare option board for the DECmate II that provides
an RX02 interface, but I know little about it; I've never seen one.
So that board aside, the DECmate I (and VT78) use 8" floppies, and the
DECmate II and DECmate III use 5.25" RX50 floppies.
-ethan