a few hundred
9-track reels), and it is also motivated by the fact that
CD-ROM drives are easily connected to Q-bus or Unibus PDP-11's through
a SCSI host adapter. I frequently make PDP-11 filesystem CD-ROM's
SCSI host adaptor?!? Whazzat??!
Seriously, although this is actually the ideal way for many of us to go
with enjoying our Q-bus or/and Unibus PDP-11's (MicroVAXen et al, too), we
cannot easily find such host adaptors nor could justify paying a couple
hundred (or more) for them from the used market. For me, this is a hobby.