5 Mar
2014
5 Mar
'14
1:41 a.m.
On Tue, 4 Mar 2014, Marc Howard wrote:
I've seen rumours that you can convert a PDP-11
RK05 disk into a PDP-8
style by swapping out the sector hub on the bottom.
Is this:
1. True, I've done it, or,
[...]
1.
I've done this in the past to change a crashed platter with a new one.
But usually, if you have the correct sector hub you already have a correct
disk pack for a PDP-8 (if it's not crashed). Just swapping doesn't make
much sense.
Christian