RX02 rx-01 heathkit 8 inch drive for H-11 ( lsi11 heath case drive diff?)

[Dave Wade]

There was some discussion on this on the VCFED forums. Might be worth a
read.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Cini
> Sent: 03 August 2016 11:51
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> Subject: Re: RX02 rx-01 heathkit 8 inch drive for H-11 ( lsi11 heath case
drive
> diff?)
> 
> Are you referring to having the H-27 drive from Heath? I don't know for
sure
> because I've never seen H27 docs, but the disk capacity is the same as the
> RX01 (256k) and I think the interface was made deliberately incompatible,
> likely at the behest of DEC. The version of RT-11 (called HT-11)
supposedly
> used a different floppy device driver.
> 
> Again, this is based solely on what I've read from various places and not
> direct experience (I have an H-11 with a SCSI controller; no floppy; and
it runs
> RT-11 no problem).
> 
> Rich
> 
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> 
> > On Aug 3, 2016, at 1:40 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > we have a heath  h11  which is lsi 11   aka pdp  11/03
> >
> > the  drives  are not  rx o1 or  rx o2... but are they  and the
> > controller comparable? with rx01  or  an rx02?
> >
> > Thanks  Ed# at   smecc