12 Mar
2021
12 Mar
'21
3:44 p.m.
On 3/12/2021 3:02 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
Any ideas what this disc controller is?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PDP-11-Backplane-Western-Peripherals-DC-230-Disk-C…
Can't find much about this on the 'net, other than that it was a controller
for Diablo/Pertec style drives -- no idea if it's an RK11 clone or
something else entirely. Looks to be suitable for a PDP-11/20 given the
little notch missing from the side there, and the lack of a separate power
harness for the backplane.
- Josh
I found one computerworld reference to a distributor stocking them,
MTI.? but no hit on the ones I think they are.
I had a friend who worked at a place with this name in Irvine which did
tape and disk controller systems for more than just DEC.? He worked @
Microdata on some projects I worked on, then went back (79 or 80) and
stayed there.? He had a stake in the company, but he took contracting
work like we had @ Microdata to help out.
The ad I saw was 1981 computer world for MTI, with just the company name.
thanks
Jim