24 Oct
2007
24 Oct
'07
5:53 p.m.
I bought an RL disk pack on Ebay, supposedly for an RL02 drive. It
is a Memorex "Mark III T"
the pack is defective (factory servo tracks are trashed)
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You bought a generic 5440 style pack. I saw that listing and the
seller didn't know what he was selling.
DEC packs have custom servo tracks. If it don't say 'DEC' on it
it is highly unlikely to work in an RL0x
24 Oct
24 Oct
8:58 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
You bought a generic 5440 style pack. I saw that
listing and the
seller didn't know what he was selling.
DEC packs have custom servo tracks. If it don't say 'DEC' on it
it is highly unlikely to work in an RL0x
Probably correct in most cases, but I have an RL01-compatible cartridge
from "Digital Systems" that works very well
for me. So, the
generalization is probably a fair one, and should be considered
whenever
considering the purchase of a non-DEC RL cartridge, but there are
third-party carts that do work. My two cents.
- Jared
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