DEC hardware questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

4 Apr 2000

--- Lawrence LeMay &lt;lemay(a)cs.umn.edu&gt; wrote:
...
  Can RK05's from a PDP11 system be used on a PDP8?
Do i need to find
 special disk cartridges? 
16-bit machines (PDP-11) use 12 sector cartridges.  12-bit machines (PDP-8)
use 16-sector cartridges.  The difference is in how many saw cuts are made
in the aluminum rim on the bottom.  While it is *theoretically* possible
to plug the wrong cuts and make new ones in the correct place, I am not
aware of anyone attempting this, let alone succeeding.

I myself have a quantity of 12-sector packs and 1 16-sector pack (formatted
for an RK05F) (and no RK8E)

-ethan

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