Isn't the
RRD50 the one with the wierd "pincer" caddy? I've found it to be
very bootable and useful. Sure it's *SLOW*, but hey, the important thing is
that it boots! OTOH, if you try and hook it up to something like an
AlphaStation 200 4/233 I know for a fact it won't work.
No - the RRD50 is the tabletop device with a pop-up lid.
I'm pretty sure it is slower than the (later) RRD40. Both
used the KRQ50 Qbus interface, although the RRD40
was also available with an internal converter board that
turned it into a SCSI drive. Quite popular in the early
VAXstation 3100s, IIRC.
Ugh.. I meant RRD4x. Getting my DEC 5-alphanum scrables mixed up again.
-- Pat