15 Sep
2013
15 Sep
'13
3:46 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I agree
with your recommendation. These days, I doubt if anyone
uses a 1 MB DSDD 8" floppy to archive files, so the exercise is
That depends on the machine. I certainly use them on PERQs and PDP's
Quite likely, DEC expected to sell an RX03 at one
point, but never
finished the process. If I remember correctly (it was more than 20 years
IIRC the read/write board in the RX02 (DEC) does have the connectors and
switching diodes for 2 heads per drive. What I cna't rememebr is whether
the standard RX02 firmware supports double-sided operation. Something
tells me it does, but I would have to check my hand-commented listing to
be sure.
-tony