21 Sep
2015
21 Sep
'15
9:28 a.m.
On 9/21/2015 4:30 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
On 2015-09-21 02:11, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
No, DEC actually did support users formatting RX50 floppies on their
own, but only on the Rainbow.
Johnny
There was also a standalone PDP-11 diagnostic program available that
could do it.
JRJ
Chuck
Guzis wrote:
Note that the RX50 was the same. DEC finally changed
their marketing policy with the RX33 drive which used the
same 3.5" HD floppy media as the PC. It was actually
possible to FORMAT those floppies under RT-11.