[Info-vax] VMS 5.0

[Hans Vlems]

On Nov 8, 3:45 pm, "John Reagan" <johnrrea... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> "Hans Vlems" <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote in message
>
> news:3f2dfc7b-174a-4a0e-8b52-ecd1b7dddd4d at d17g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>
> >Before the RA60 arrived in 1985/1986 the choice was limited to RK07,
> >possibly a pack that fitted an RM03/05 or
> >an RP drive?
>
> I don't remember an RK07 kit, but I seem to remember an RL02 kit (maybe that
> was something we did only at SpitBrook but never shipped?)

John, the sites I worked for in de eighties all used 9-track magtape.
No VAX with an
RL02 drive present until one 8650 arrived at one site. At that site we
copied the tape
to an RA60 pack and installed from that.
The RK07 is (very likely) my memory going off track...
Hans