On May 5, 14:31, Tom Uban wrote: I had two on an 11/40 that hadn't been used in between 10 and 15 years. They needed the dust and disintegrated foam vacuumed out, the NiCads replaced, some replacement foam (some was draught sealing strip from the hardware shop, some was foam sheet from an upholsery shop) and a bit of TLC (soapy water and elbow grease for the casing, reseating the boards, etc) but they worked fine. The packs also were fine; some had been kept in ziploc covers, some not. The drives are now on an 11/34 which will probably end up running RSTS (the 11/40 used to run RT-11). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York