13 Jun
2001
13 Jun
'01
11:32 a.m.
PS I'm not trying to start a flamewar, it's
just my opinion, and largly
based on the fact that MFM disks are the standard for MicroVAX II class
machines (and yes I've got several that are still VAXen, including a
VAXstation II/RC that won't be a parts donor (hey, it was my first VAX if
nothing else)).
The MicroVAX II runs nicely, though still slow, using ESDI
drives with a controller such as those from Dilog. When I got mine,
it had two full height ESDI drives, mounted in a BA23 case, totalling
almost 800meg. The drives, 13meg of RAM, three serial port boards
and VMS 4.6. I doubt the MFM drives would've stood up so well to all
the moving around that the system has been through.
Jeff
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