19 Jun
2005
19 Jun
'05
6:24 p.m.
I'm looking for a drive for my PDP-8 but I don't want something the
weight and size of a RK-05. I also have several DSD-440 drives available to
me. Does anyone know if these can be used on the PDP-8 or have any
experience with them? Does anyone know what kind of controller they need
when used in the 8? Or does anyone have a suggestion about what other
drive can be used with the -8? I realize that the DSD-440 or other drive
may not be original for the -8 but I just don't want to deal with something
the size, weight and unreliability of a RK-05.
Joe
19 Jun
19 Jun
8:39 p.m.
I'm looking for a drive for my PDP-8 but I
don't want something the
weight and size of a RK-05. I also have several DSD-440 drives available
to
me. Does anyone know if these can be used on the
PDP-8 or have any
experience with them? Does anyone know what kind of controller they need
when used in the 8? Or does anyone have a suggestion about what other
drive can be used with the -8? I realize that the DSD-440 or other drive
may not be original for the -8 but I just don't want to deal with
something
the size, weight and unreliability of a RK-05.
I think you are looking for one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5177260665
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5184859587
I don't know if Larry (sammyslave1) has any more of them, or not.
(I have the DSD stuff working on my 8/e.)
Vince
20 Jun
20 Jun
1:41 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
I'm looking for a drive for my PDP-8 but I
don't want something the
weight and size of a RK-05. I also have several DSD-440 drives available to
me. Does anyone know if these can be used on the PDP-8 or have any
experience with them? Does anyone know what kind of controller they need
when used in the 8? Or does anyone have a suggestion about what other
drive can be used with the -8? I realize that the DSD-440 or other drive
may not be original for the -8 but I just don't want to deal with something
the size, weight and unreliability of a RK-05.
The DSD-440 manual mentions a controller for the PDP-8, so it can
definitely be used with one, if you find the controller ;)
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2:58 p.m.
At 01:41 PM 6/20/05 -0700, Sellam wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
My DSD manuals only talk about interface cards for the PDP-11 and
LSI-11. If your's has any specific PDP-8 information then I'd like to get a
copy of those parts.
Joe
I'm looking for a drive for my PDP-8 but
I don't want something the
weight and size of a RK-05. I also have several DSD-440 drives available to
me. Does anyone know if these can be used on the PDP-8 or have any
experience with them? Does anyone know what kind of controller they need
when used in the 8? Or does anyone have a suggestion about what other
drive can be used with the -8? I realize that the DSD-440 or other drive
may not be original for the -8 but I just don't want to deal with something
the size, weight and unreliability of a RK-05.
The DSD-440 manual mentions a controller for the PDP-8, so it can
definitely be used with one, if you find the controller ;) 
3:40 p.m.
Joe R. wrote:
Check out the manuals on Bitsaver. Description and part number of
the PDP-8 Omnibus board with setup and software info, although I don't
think there's enough there to reverse engineer it.
At 01:41 PM 6/20/05 -0700, Sellam wrote:
The DSD-440
manual mentions a controller for the PDP-8, so it can
definitely be used with one, if you find the controller ;)
My DSD manuals only talk about interface cards for the PDP-11 and
LSI-11. If your's has any specific PDP-8 information then I'd like to get a
copy of those parts.
3:52 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
You should be able to find it on Bitsavers. I'm pretty sure that's where
I was reading them (though I have copies somewhere in my own archive).
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The DSD-440
manual mentions a controller for the PDP-8, so it can
definitely be used with one, if you find the controller ;)
My DSD manuals only talk about interface cards for the PDP-11 and
LSI-11. If your's has any specific PDP-8 information then I'd like to get a
copy of those parts. 
3:25 p.m.
may not be original for the -8 but I just don't
want to deal with something
the size, weight and unreliability of a RK-05.
SIze and weight I can understand, but I've found the RK05 to be the most
reliable of the demountable hard disks, and pretty reliable by any
standards (I've had many more problems with floppies, for example).
The RK05 is also a fairly easy thing to repair, decent docs exist, and
_I_ have the alignment disks and spare herds (not a lot of help to you, I
guess).
Personally, the device I'd go for on a PDP8 (Omnibus) would be an RX01 or
RX02 on an RX8E controller. I am told those are hard to find, though (I
do have _one_, it's in use...)
-tony
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