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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-09-28 02:52, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:41:14 +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> Maybe not helpful, but just wanted to point out that you could dump the
>> disk if have an RM05 connected to a PDP-11/70 as well.
> 
>    Or indeed any Unibus PDP-11.  Or any Qbus PDP-11 running directly to SMD
> with an SMD controller that's format-compatible, which many are.

Nope. The RM05 supposedly will not work on the RH11. Too slow for the 
disk. RH11 only supported RM02, RP04, RP05 and RP06.

The RM02 was a slowed down RM03 for that specific reason.

As for SMD - not sure. DEC certainly used those OEM drives, but for some 
reason the capacity was always less than the original drive, which makes 
me wonder if DEC did something more funny as well.

   Johnny