Well, thanks to the answers I got on my questions I've got a bit better of an idea on how to proceed with getting the newly built from parts /23 up and running, and I understand why I was having difficulties (as I thought, the path through the backplane). Since I'm using a RQDX3 for the drive controller, it sounds like my best bet is to forget the RX50, and go straight to RX33 drives. However, based on my taking an additional look at the RX50 drives I'll probably try to get them up and running. What can I say, they're just too cool looking :^) The QD614 board for emulating RL01/02's sounds pretty cool, to bad I don't have the software for formating the attached drives. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |