ID this board: M7165 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 May 2001

On May 25, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
...
     It's
useless without the other board, and they're both useless if
 you don't want to run RA-series disks.  Contrary to popular belief,
 not all RA-series disks are huge (14" platters) and power hungry.  I
 have a stack of 1GB 5.25" RA73 disks that are rather nice.

 True, but another thing to remember is that the KDA-50 itself is a
 power hog.  It will not work just stuffed into an existing BA23 (or
 even a BA123, I think).  The only one I have running is in a sepparate
 box with it's own power supply.  And yes, I tried putting one in a
 MVAX-II in a BA23 before I knew this and while it did no permanent
 damage, it definitely didn't work and kept the box from even starting. 
  Hmm...weird.  I've run two or three of them in BA23s with the rest
of their systems.  Guess I was lucky.

...
  Boy could I use some of those disks, though.  I have
RA80's, RA81's
 and Fuji Eagles.  I run them on both of my Ultrix machines, a VAX and
 a PDP-11. 
  Deals can be made... :)

         -Dave McGuire