2 Jun
2003
2 Jun
'03
11:20 a.m.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Or a VAX, since there are numerous mentions of the VAX systems being
used by Atari. Of course, we're not talking about /tapes/, we're
talking about RM05 disk packs!
I just hope whoever ends up trying to read the disk packs knows what
they're doing. It'd be a real shame if they managed to crash the drives
and ruin the disk packs.
-brian.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:
The more
important question is what machine and OS was used to write
the disk packs? The RK05 needs a UNIBUS or OMNIBUS controller, so at
least PDP-8, PDP-11 or a VAX comes in question. The RM05 is a MASSBUS
drive. MASSBUS (e.g. via a UNIBUS - MASSBUS controller) can be found
on larger PDP-11s, VAXen and PDP-10 / DECSYSTEM 10 / 20 machines.
Knowing Atari, there tapes were most definitely written on a PDP-11
system.