22 Feb
1999
22 Feb
'99
5:02 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
The DEC FS guy that showed me a drive that he had mod-ed also mentioned
that the same set of switches he flipped, also included a "force write
protect" to prevent accidental writing of RL02-width tracks on an RL01
pack. Seems prudent. It no doubt paralleled the switch on the front panel.
Disclaimer: I have never installed this mod on any DEC drive, but it sounds
pretty safe. YMMV.
-ethan
Based on Ethan's and Tony's information, what are then the differences
between both types, just the track width (i.e. size of the head) and a
few jumpers on the locig board? Or is there more?
Ed
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