Opening RL02 disk pack
Noel Chiappa
jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Fri Dec 7 16:21:28 CST 2018
> From: Paul Birkel
>> I thought RL0x drives use an IBM 5440 type pack (as used on the IBM
>> System/3 .... DEC may have used their own format (and servo track
>> stuff), I don't know much about the 5440.
> Sounds to me like it was different, but in a good way?
I took a look, and found a manual for a 5440:
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/system3/GA33-3002-0_5444_5440_ComponentsDescr_Aug70.pdf
and the details (format, etc) are indeed different. The packs are physically
compatible, but that's as far as it goes.
Noel
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