I'm looking for operation information on the
Arraid AEM-1 SMD disk emulator.
Does anyone have infomation on the operation of this device they can send me?
I'm looking any information on the commands used to setup/configure the
device through the serial port.
TIA,
-scott
After a bit of sleuthing on
archive.org, I've found the trove of documentation on
Arraid
products back a number of years for
arraid.com.
I need SMD drives on my machines because the legacy OSes I run don't support
MSCP, and I need large capacity (relative to RK/RL) disk.
Now that I've acquired some of these AEM-1 units to replace my ailing SMD drives
on my PDP-11 systems, I'm confident I'll keep my machines and OSes running for
quite some time.
I've got two units running now, with only a day's worth of effort primarily due
to
the unclear documentation, and both are working great with Emulex SC31 UNIBUS
controllers (and also with UD33s).
If anyone is looking to keep an SMD disk-based system running and concerned about
failing media, I highly recommend looking into these used Arraid devices.? The prices
have come way down compared to new, and they've been showing up on ebay regularly.
Just thought I'd share my success.
-scott