Al Kossow wrote:
Can RK05s that
were used on a PDP-8 be used on
a PDP-11?
The drives are the same, the packs on PDP-8's are 16
sector instead of 12.
I'll trade you two tested/cleaned 12 sector packs for
every 16 sector one that you have.
Jerome Fine replies:
I guess there is more to an LLF (Low Level Format) than
I realized. I had thought that a completely blank RK05 media
was able to be FORMATed via an RK05 drive. Your answer
seems to STRONGLY suggest that the media must first be
SECTORed correctly.
Otherwise, it should be possible to take and RK05 media and
do an LLF on the drive using the system on which the media is
to be used - and that it would not be a problem if the media
originally had an incorrect number of sectors. Based on your
answer, the RK05 media must FIRST have the correct number
of sectors.
Can you please confirm?
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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