RK05 disk images & PDP-11/70

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy Sotomayor Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:18 AM To: General at shiresoft.com; Discussion at shiresoft.com :On-Topic Posts Only Subject: RK05 disk images & PDP-11/70 Hi, I just wanted to let folks know that I've gotten my 11/70 setup with BSD2.11. It now has 2 Fujitsu Eagles attached to an Emulex SC72. BSD "thinks" there are 4 RP06 drives attached! Now that I have enough disk storage on it, I'm going to start to image the 200+ (yes, that's *not* a typo) RK05 packs. It'll take a seriously long time to go through all of the packs since before I will put a "strange" pack into the RK05 drive on the '70 (actually *any* of my RK05 drives), I disassemble the pack and completely clean the enclosure and the platter. Since there's a fair amount of DEC distribution media among the packs, I'll be doing the "high" value packs first. I'll let folks know how it goes and try to put together a catalog of what's there. I've configured this 11/70 (actually a DS570) to be able to read/write RL01/2 packs and RK05 packs. It also has a TU80 so I can also read/write 1600bpi 9-track tapes. It also has a DELUA ethernet. BSD is configured for TCP/IP and I've set it up to use one of my static IPs. DNS is pointing to it as neptune.shiresoft.com. This will allow me to move bits on/off the '70 with relative ease. I'm also contemplating letting it run 24/7 (I may reconsider once I see my electric bill) and offering access to individuals. What do y'all think? -- TTFN - Guy