< Just pulled a Micropolis 85Mb MFM Hdd out of a genuine, but dead, IBM 28
< Model is 1335, and is also marked as being an ST506.
It's mfm so it can be connected if the jumpers are set right. No I don't
have that info for 1335, only 1325s.
< Am I correct in assuming it would work in a Microvax II that presently h
< a single RD53, as a second drive?
likely.
< If so, is there deep magic involved in the install?
two things, it will have to be LLformatted (you need standalone utility)
and the drives jumpers ahve to be set right.
< I seem to recall seeing something about needing special
< software that is not supplied with the Microvax to put in a
< non DEC drive. The Microvax is currently running VMS 5.4
Yes a standalone formatter.
Allison
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Hi:
There's a quick mod that needs to be done to a non-DEC RD53, ie a
Micropolis 1325. There's a place on the large circuit board for "R6" that
has nothing in that place. Solder a wire between the two R6 terminals and
you have a "real" RD53.
Kevin
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