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From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Mon Feb 22 11:24:11 1999

>
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >
> > The DEC FS guy that showed me a drive that he had mod-ed also mentioned
> > that the same set of switches he flipped, also included a "force write
> > protect" to prevent accidental writing of RL02-width tracks on an RL01
> > pack. Seems prudent. It no doubt paralleled the switch on the front panel
>
> Based on Ethan's and Tony's information, what are then the differences
> between both types, just the track width (i.e. size of the head) and a
> few jumpers on the locig board? Or is there more?

More exactly, there exist some models of RL02's and RL01's that have
identical boards, different heads and three or five jumpers that are different.
There are also drives that have boards that are *not* interchangable.

You must check part numbers to be sure.

-ethan
Received on Mon Feb 22 1999 - 11:24:11 GMT

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