18 Jun
2001
18 Jun
'01
2:34 p.m.
You won't need a DEC drive specifically, but you
will need one which
supports 512 byte sectors and one which supports booting.
BTW, I checked out the machine. It contains a 2.15 gig Seagate and a
1.05 gig RZ26L in addition to another drive that I could not identify.
The expansion box appears to contain a TK50 drive as it had a TK50
tape in it. To be honest, I've never seen a TK70. So could it be a
TK70 with a TK50 tape in it? Can a TK70 read/write a TK50 tape?
(Silly questions I know.)
The point is, I should be able to use this machine to download NetBSD
and write tapes so I can install it on my MicroVax II as well as this
machine. Fun!
Now I have to see if I have an appropriate CD-Rom drive for it. =)
Anthony Clifton
Des Moines, Iowa