29 Jul
2005
29 Jul
'05
11:22 p.m.
Does anyone know if the M8357 (the RX-01 controller for the PDP-8) will
work with the DSD-440 drives? Someone here needs to read some RX-01 disks
on a PDP-8 >>>ASAP<<< and they think that this combination will work but
I
don't think so. I have a good DSD-440 drive system but I don't have the DSD
controller for the PDP-8. I also have a M8357 but no RX-01 drive system!
Anybody have a DSD controller for the PDP-8 that they want to sell or do
some horse trading for?
Joe
30 Jul
30 Jul
12:43 a.m.
On 7/29/05, Joe R. <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
Does anyone know if the M8357 (the RX-01 controller
for the PDP-8) will
work with the DSD-440 drives? Someone here needs to read some RX-01 disks
on a PDP-8 >>>ASAP<<< and they think that this combination will work
but I
don't think so. I have a good DSD-440 drive system but I don't have the DSD
controller for the PDP-8. I also have a M8357 but no RX-01 drive system!
From memory, the DSD interface is 26-pins. The
RX01/RX02 interface is
40 pins. Beyond simple wire count, AFAIK, the interfaces are
entirely
different. In each case there is a semi-intellegent drive attached to
a fairly dumb host controller, but there was no attempt on the part of
DSD to imitate the DEC controller-to-drive protocol.
The DSD interface _is_ register-level compatible, but everything in
the middle is unique to each brand of drive system.
-ethan
31 Jul
31 Jul
1:37 p.m.
No, it won't work!
I think I may have a set of RX-01's, but no controller.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:22 PM
Subject: PDP-8 Disk Drive question
Does anyone know if the M8357 (the RX-01 controller
for the PDP-8) will
work with the DSD-440 drives? Someone here needs to read some RX-01 disks
on a PDP-8 >>>ASAP<<< and they think that this combination will work
but I
don't think so. I have a good DSD-440 drive system but I don't have the
DSD
controller for the PDP-8. I also have a M8357 but no RX-01 drive system!
Anybody have a DSD controller for the PDP-8 that they want to sell or do
some horse trading for?
Joe
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