20 Jun
2005
20 Jun
'05
2:55 p.m.
Hi Doc,
I picked up at least two DSD manuals in my big haul last week. I think
they both have disks in them. I can send you the disk (and a mamual if you
need it) if you'll promise to return them. FWIW Thom has a NIB DSD drive.
I think I'm going to pick it up and try to use it on my PDP-8. I've been
reading the description of the DSD drives in the manual and they sound
GREAT! They will do IBM 3740 format, DEC RL-01/02 format and some kind of a
DD format. They also have stand alone diagnostics built into the controller
so you can test them with no computer attached (and no special computer SW!)
Joe
At 01:54 PM 6/20/05 -0500, you wrote:
I just got my DSD-440 cleaned up, checked out, and
attached to a
machine this weekend, and it seems to be working fine. (Thanks, Joe!)
What I don't have is the diagnostic disk that shipped with it.
According to the DSD-440 user guide, the disk came with FRD440 as both a
standalone utility and as an RT-11 program, FRD440.SAV.
I'd like to have the bootable disk, if anybody has one they can copy,
but I'd be very happy with just the RT-11 program.
Thanks!
Doc