13 Jun
2001
13 Jun
'01
12:10 p.m.
--- healyzh(a)aracnet.com wrote:
Got a pair of RA70s with the KDA50s and cables ($50 for the lot) Already
have a pair of RA81s and an MDB ESDI<->SDI box with 2x1.2Gb 5.25" disks.
I think I'm ok there.
No problem.
I'd love one. Never seen one for sale at a "leap into my arms" price, only
at a "Oh, so you _need_ one!?!" price.
Yep. Lots of
elbow room. Eventually, I'll get my KDA-50 up and all, but
for now, it's a nice MFM disk farm.
With a KDA50 a MicroVAX II should be a fairly sweet system, IF you can find
the disks. ...a
document...describe what devices are not rated for use in a
VAX 4000 because the timeouts had lengthened...
If you get the document scanned
in, I'd be *very* interested in a copy. I find _that_
to be the biggest limitation of the uVAX-II - I have enough
MFM disks to keep my machines working, but since newer versions of VMS
don't like to fit on an RD54, I'm kinda trapped. I need the older stuff
for some reasons and I'd love to move to newer stuff for others (mostly
modern disks and communications devices).
In your case I'd recommend trying to find an ESDI controller, if you don't
already have one. Something like a WQESD/4 (my personal favorite) would
greatly increase your disk capacity. now you've got me wondering if a RLV12 will work
in a VAX 4000.
I do not remember off the top of my head, but that would affect me, too.
-ethan
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