8" hard disk storage for unibus 11?

Mike Ross tmfdmike at gmail.com
Thu Nov 26 03:08:19 CST 2015


Many moons ago I had a small fleet of pdp-11/04s, pulled out of a
research synchrotron.

(well, not *literally* out of the synchrotron, they probably wouldn't
work if they had been...)

They all had disk subsystems made by a company called Baydel; a 19"
rack module, half-height like an 11/04, containing an 8" hard disk and
power supply, hooked up to a quad-size Unibus card. Emulated a bunch
of RK05s. Can't recall the nature of the interface between the card
and the drive.

Over the years I appear to have carelessly and unintentionally traded
or given away ALL the bloody things! Anyone else have one, had one, or
know someone who might? I've Googled and there's a deafening silence,
apart from me asking the same question on Usenet ten years ago!

Mike

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Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame.
For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'


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