XXDP+ LL Formatter on RX50/RX33

From: John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com>
Date: Mon Apr 17 13:37:21 2000

On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 12:15:31PM -0500, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
> I figured as much; I was just probing to see if anyone had already
> done it.

I haven't tried it, but it ought to be quick work under E11, just mount the
RL02 image as a DL: and put an RX50 in a 1.2 MB drive mounted as a DU:, and
do the usual procedure (used to be done by UPD2 but maybe things have
changed?) to copy the system onto the DU:, then copy ZRQC?? there and bring
the floppy to the real machine.

> BTW-- Are RL02's a maintainance nightmare? Do the advantages
> of these drives outweigh the problems (not to mention their *size*,
> or are they simply not worth it?

They're wonderful, I've been running them for ages with almost no trouble,
just one bad spindle bearing and that was on a drive where I got behind
on replacing air filters (dunno if it that's a coincidence). I hope the
filters are still made, last time I bought a bunch they (P/N 12-13097-00)
were only $15 from DEC instead of the usual ~$50, when that happens to
something it usually means they're about to discontinue it.

Anyway RL01/02s have given me the least trouble of any DEC drive model I've
had. They're a pain to program, but they're well made so it's worth it for
sure.

John Wilson
D Bit
Received on Mon Apr 17 2000 - 13:37:21 BST