85mb Micropolis in a Microvax II?

From: Daniel T. Burrows <dburrows_at_netpath.net>
Date: Mon Nov 23 16:54:19 1998

Thanks for the info. I thought it was because of the power requirements on
spin-up of the disks since they are not sequenced.
It is nice to know that it does work reliably however for the rare times I
might want to.
Thanks
Dan

>< Two full-height hard drives in a single BA23 was never officially suppor
>< (at least for the various microPDP-11 configurations), because
>< they refused to support a base box sold without removable media.
>
>Correct. The group in DEC that balked at that was Field Service as a
>microvax1/II was "...not adaquately diagnosable without removable media".
>Marketing VIA CSSE was forced to consider that an unsupportable
>configuration though electronically solid and desireable if used for
>LAVC member or with external removable media.
>
>Allison
>
Received on Mon Nov 23 1998 - 16:54:19 GMT