6 Dec
2006
6 Dec
'06
8:06 p.m.
At 7:00 PM +0000 12/6/06, Adrian Graham wrote:
Indeed, it looks like the original boot drive (also an
RD53) long gave up
the ghost, which is a shame because it had RT11 5.4 and one of the systems I
wrote in the 1980's......
If it's just something like the heads sticking, it might be possible
to revive the drive, at least long enough to get the data off. BTW,
while several other people have done this over the years, I didn't
have any luck the one time I tried to revive an RD53, so you'll want
to ask someone other than me any questions. :^)
I've even heard of people running the drives for years after fixing
the problem.
Zane
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