VAX-11/780 boot disk

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu Jan 25 17:46:04 2001

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
>> That is exactly the info I needed... Do you know if a M8061 (RL01/RL02
>> controller w/22 bit addressing) will work in a uVAX II?
>
>I have used an RLV12 in a uVAX-II (in a BA-23 upgraded by DEC from
uVAX-I
>to uVAX-II, just for painful accuracy). It's one of my favorite ways of


it works well and there is support for it through V4 and V5 has the
drivers
though they are "unsupported".

>> I have a number of RL02s that I want to archive, but I don't want to
>> load them into an unknown drive hooked to a system of unknown status
>> running software I don't know... If I can test the drives out using
>> my uVAX, and archive the software, I can create a new disk pack and
>> use it it test the PDP-11/23+...


I did it on my 11/23B. I copied them to RD52s (quantum D540) as they
are the most rugged drive I know and I had 8 of them free. That's enough
to hold 24 RL02s and be bootable with RT-11. For safety the most
important ones are duplicates (used two RD52s as images of each other).
Testing so far says RD52s have a shelf life of not less than 12 years.

Allison
Received on Thu Jan 25 2001 - 17:46:04 GMT