[Info-vax] Anyone have a working DEC Rainbow PC200B?

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Sun Mar 15 09:25:34 EDT 2009


JCamCMKRNL wrote:
> Hello old friends,
> 
> It's been a while since I have posted here, and I am back with another
> Legacy Computer issue. This time it is not for a PDP-11. Now for
> something a little more modern. A DEC Rainbow.
> 
> I have two boxes of old DEC Rainbow backup 5.25" floppies that I need
> to get as much data off of as I can. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> I'm not sure what density they were written in, but it looks like they
> were written with something called an "IDRIVE", and no it is not like
> an iPod.
> 
> Than you.
> Jeff

Once upon a time, there was a PC DOS and/or Windows program that would 
read Rainbow disks.  I think it may have been able to write them as 
well.  I don't know where to find a copy now.

You might have some luck with Google!



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