27 Jan
2012
27 Jan
'12
4:29 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
I was sad to leave the RK07s behind - very reliable, very repairable,
and we had dozens of packs (with 4.0BSD, 4.1BSD, System V, VMS...).
Two of them gave a respectable amount of storage to a Unibus system.
When I was fiddling with 2.9BSD on an 11/24 and only had RL02s, I
_really_ wished I'd had those RK07s. Would have made a full install
and kernel rebuild painless. These days, with the MSCP patches to
2.9BSD, I might try a UDA50 and an RA70 (which I have), but that
wasn't an option then.
I've been in the guts of 9762s and RM02s both (same as RM03 but slower
spindle motor to avoid swamping RH11 transfer rates). I haven't done
head alignment, but I've done electronics repairs.
If you are looking for a 9766, I might be able to help there, too. It
didn't come with a pack, so I've been unable to do anything with it.
-ethan
When
Software Results closed (nearly 20 years ago), in addition to having
no room for the TU78 or the 8530 (lack of suitable power in a
residential area helped steer that decision), there was no room for
the RK07s nor the RM03s. ?(but I did rescue the 11/750, the 8300,
several PDP-11s, and lots, lots more).
?Oh man. :-( ?Well at least you got some goodies out of there. If you
haven't gotten it spinning by then, I can certainly see about
casting an eye on your RM03.
?I'd LOVE some help with it. ?It's pretty grimy; it needs a lot of cleaning
before anything else. ?I've used lots of RM03s (and non-DECified CDC 9762s)
but have never really had to repair one.