7 May
2007
7 May
'07
10:58 a.m.
Can the Pro380 be used with any ST506/ST412 type hard
disks or just
RD50, RD51, and RD52? I have a couple RD32 and some non-DEC drives and
am curious if any of the could be used with it. How do you format a
drive for a Pro? I never noticed any support for Professionals in XXDP?
Was there a utility in P/OS for that purpose?
-chuck
The answer is yes but the drives have to have the propper low level format.
That low level format cannot be done with a PC. It can be done on a Qbus
system with RQDX1/2 controller and XXDP.
The OS however expects only standard drvies.
RD50 == ST506
RD51 == ST412
RD52 == D540 (qunatum)
Other drives that have been used were
RD31 == ST225
RD32 == ST250
Allison