[Info-vax] Assistance needed!! working RM05 drive and VAX needed for proje

[Dave McGuire]

On 9/26/23 20:33, Ken Van Mersbergen wrote:
> My name is Ken and I am with the Atari Historical Society (www.atarimuseum.com)
> 
> We have about 14 RM05 platters we need to have read and transferred. We would like to have images made of them before any extraction takes place in case of problems.
> 
> If you have a working setup of a VAX and a working RM05 drive we would love to hear from you.
> 
> I am located in Glenview, Illinois

   The RM05 is a repackaged CDC 9766.  We have a 9766 at LSSM, but it 
has not yet been restored.  It will probably be a while before we get to 
it.  We have in-house expertise, but we are short-handed and have a lot 
of things ahead of it in the queue.  But we do have an inventory of 
spare parts for it, service documentation, and packs for testing.

   This does not address your requirement right now, but I doubt you'll 
find a compatible drive anywhere else.

   If a qualified engineer wants to visit LSSM and take on the project 
of getting the 9766 running, contact me via email.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA