ajp166 wrote:
Envision this (all dual width cards):
11/23 m8186 KDF-11A (11/23 Q22, I have one overclocked).
boot M8021 MRV11 (Eprom card with boot)
ram M8059(x4) MSV11LK (4x =1mb)
serial M8043 DLV11j 4port serial
One possible Disk system, all DEC
disk M7555 RQDX3
M9058 disk distribution
flop TEACFD55GFV RX33
HD RD52 RD52
OR hybrid DEC:
CMD200, RZ23, Cdrom
Jerome Fine replies:
I have attempted on a number of occasions - all without success - to
get a CD on a CMD220/TM host adapter on a PDP-11 system
under RT-11. I suspect that I am using the wrong CD drive. Does
anyone have any suggestions as to model number that would work?
I have asked around and there does not seem to be any DEC CD
drives available like the RRD42.
By the way, when I put a CD (RT-11 Freeware CD) into my CD
IDE drive on the PC and MOUNT the CD under E11, I am unable
to read the first 64 blocks. I understand this is a function of W95.
If I am able to produce a CD of my own from an old ST11200N
drive that I have, will that same limitation apply on a real PDP-11
in that I will not be able to read the first 64 blocks of partition zero
on the CD media?
In addition, if possible, I would prefer to use a more current model
than the RRD42 from DEC which requires the caddy for the CD.
Since I am able to use E11 on a PC to read a CD these days,
there is also a bit of an emphasis on cost. At this point, I have
found that it is just as simple to transfer the files to a magneto
optical cartridge and use a Sony S501 on the real PDP-11
and the PC as an interchange media. I would like to acquire
some additional magneto optical cartridges as well. Does anyone
know where I might be able to find some inexpensive magneto
optical cartridges for the S501 drives? These must be the media
that are 512 bytes per sector.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine