Rack-mount or tabletop version of DEC RX50 floppy drive?

Josh Dersch derschjo at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 18:55:45 CDT 2018


On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:50 PM Eric Smith via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Did DEC offer a rack-mount or tabletop box version of the RX50 floppy
> drive, as they did with e.g. the TU58 and TK50 tape drives? I'm wondering
> how they expected the RX50 drive to be packaged when used with a Unibus
> PDP-11 via the RUX50 controller.
>

Yes: We've got an 11/84 with a DEC-branded rack-mount enclosure for a pair
of RX50 drives.  I can take some pictures if you'd like.

- Josh


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