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

[MdntTrain]

On Mar 14, 9:15 pm, JCamCMKRNL <jcam90... at earthlink.net> 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


I'm set up with a PC and modified 5.25" HD drive that can spin down to
300rpm (instead of 360) to perform DS/DD 80 track operations.   I can
read the Rainbow format.  Question is: can you do anything with the
DOS Backup files, or do you need them unpacked as well?

If you've no other easy solution, contact me.

jS