Wanted: RD-51 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Oct 1997

 I've got an ST-412...came out of an Epson, I think.

manney(a)nwohio.com

-----Original Message-----
From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
To: Manney <Manney>
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Wanted: RD-51

...
   Yes, as odd as
is seems I'm looking for a functional RD-51 or equiv. 10mb
 MFM hard drive.  (ST-412, etc.)

 I'm trying to reload an operating system onto one of my Micro PDP-11
 systems, and it insists that it will only install to an RD-51 drive. 
You tell us which operating system this is, but most revisions of
RT-11, RSX-11M+, and RSTS/E aren't that picky about MSCP devices.

> So... if anyone has one lying about that needs a purpose, please drop me a
...
   note. 
Just about any MFM hard drive can be pressed into service as a RD51
(as it is *almost* the lowest common denominator in MFM drives, after
you forget about the original ST506).  If you've got a larger physical disk,
...
 you just tell the RQDX formatter that you're using
to format it as
a smaller logical disk.

Which RQDX formatter are you using, BTW?

Tim. (shoppa(a)triumf.ca)