I have a few DSD880's here if you need one. I have no docs but would like
to get some if you managed to hang on to a copy.
Dan
dburrows_at_netpath.net
>When I was working in the RT-11 development group at Digital, I
>had a DSD-880. This was an RL02-lookalike and an RX02-lookalike.
>But where true RX01s and RX02s from Digital didn't actually write
>formatting information, this unit could.
>
>I also had a floppy disk which was mounted on the side of a
>file cabinet using a large ring magnet (as is found in some
>DEC disk drives). People always figured it was a bad disk
>until I took it off the cabinet, put it in the DSD880, formatted
>it (for real) and then used it under RT before putting it back
>on the cabinet...
>
>It was just fun to see their eyes when I told them it was still
>usable...
>
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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Received on Fri Nov 13 1998 - 19:44:27 GMT