[RL02 tech manual says...]
I have the manual, I just wasn't sure about the math required.
OK.... Hope that helps. It makes sense when you think about it.
[11/83 should have an integer division]
I'm using the 11/70 as my model, I do things under E11 and
then on the actual hardware. That way if I blast E11 brutally, I'm
not out a machine. (I.E. Seeking to track 670 or something...)
Having played about inside RL drives, I'm pretty sure that you can't seek
the heads past the end stop anyway. It'll give you a seek error, but no
more. I've tried to step 512 cylinders in from the innermost track with
no problems.
And the 11/70 certainly has integer division instructions.
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-tony
The main trick with the RL02 is to remember there's no "Implied Seek"
done on head switch...
The drive was pretty stupid and due to the embedded servo things used to
program older drives like the RK's wouldn't work on them.
Bill
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