1 Dec
1999
1 Dec
'99
7:10 a.m.
probably have an RQDX1 or RQDX2 - quad-width cards).
One of the reasons I'm
looking forward to getting that MicroVAX 3100 is it will free me from the
tyranny of small, slow, fragile and increasingly rare MFM disks. One downside
Gotta agree there!
I caught from a FAQ is that SCSI MicroVAXen don't
like disks over 1.07Gb -
too many blocks to keep track of with a 21-bit pointer. Fortunately, I have
a couple of old DEC 3105's I can pull off of an Amiga. Quite the disks in
their day, but discards now.
Actually, that's not quite right. Plus I think the 3100/90 is likely to be
new enough that this isn't a problem. Most 3100's can't have a boot disk
that is over 1.07GB. The data disks can be over that. Some of the later
3100's don't have this limitation, IIRC.
Zane
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