[Info-vax] search for SDI and SMD disks (in europe)

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-05-30 08.32, Kari Uusimäki wrote:
> On 30.5.2011 11:08, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2011-05-30 00.35, Hans Vlems wrote:
>>> On 28 mei, 14:01, shadoooo<shado... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello.
>>>> To restore a couple of old machines I'm searching for fixed and/or
>>>> removable disks.
>>>> For one machine I would need an SMD disk or cartridge drive.
>>>> For the other machine, I need an SDI disk unit.
>>>> If anybody has some to sell a reasonable price, please let me know.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Andrea
>>>
>>> eBay lists an RA73-E for US$150 and $40 shipping to the Netherlands,
>>> Italy probably about the same rate.
>>> That's 120 euros, a bargain....
>>
>> RA73 is a nice drive. 2Gb. Pretty small form. You might want to locate
>> one those boxes that holds 4 RA7x drives, though, as that is the normal
>> package you used to have front panel for the disk drive. But I guess it
>> is possible to run the drive without the front panel too.
>>
>> Think it might have been DECs last SDI drive.
>>
>> Johnny
>
>
> It was possible to have RA7x drives in Qbus based machines like the
> VAX4000-series when a KDA50 was installed in the machine. So you don't
> necessarily need the SA7x (4 drives) box.

Yes. But that was originally designed for the RA70. The RA70 have a 
second way of setting the unit number through dip switches on the PCB, 
the RA71 and newer don't have that feature.

	Johnny