TCP/IP for RT-11

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Mon Aug 24 07:29:31 1998

< In the case of this SMS-1000 and it's wierd disk controller I suspect th
< it might be able to emulate the RX02 on a 5.25" disk, which was the reas
< for the original statement. However, I've got a second SMS-1000 that wa
< Identical to this one, prior to my changing some stuff, that is differen
< only in that it has a 8" drive.

Maybe but more likely it was an 8" drive so that RX02 media could actually
be read.

The use of ODD drives to simulate a different media was common enough but
it was generally done to allow use of older software that was media
dependent.

Allison
Received on Mon Aug 24 1998 - 07:29:31 BST