ID this board: M7165

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri May 25 10:16:20 2001

On May 25, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > It's useless without the other board, and they're both useless if
> > you don't want to run RA-series disks. Contrary to popular belief,
> > not all RA-series disks are huge (14" platters) and power hungry. I
> > have a stack of 1GB 5.25" RA73 disks that are rather nice.
> >
>
> True, but another thing to remember is that the KDA-50 itself is a
> power hog. It will not work just stuffed into an existing BA23 (or
> even a BA123, I think). The only one I have running is in a sepparate
> box with it's own power supply. And yes, I tried putting one in a
> MVAX-II in a BA23 before I knew this and while it did no permanent
> damage, it definitely didn't work and kept the box from even starting.

  Hmm...weird. I've run two or three of them in BA23s with the rest
of their systems. Guess I was lucky.

> Boy could I use some of those disks, though. I have RA80's, RA81's
> and Fuji Eagles. I run them on both of my Ultrix machines, a VAX and
> a PDP-11.

  Deals can be made... :)

         -Dave McGuire
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