On September 1, Bill Pechter wrote:
> Actually, DEC's tape drives were abysmal in design (not counting the
> DECtapes which were really reel-to-reel disk drives.
Yes, DECtapes are very cool. DLTs are pretty nice too; they FINALLY
fixed the TK50 after a few iterations! ;)
> The RL0x's were pretty slick and the RK05/6/7's were ok. RM80's needed
> the RA81's 400+meg hda to be competitive... The RA81's would've been
> nice if the breather glue problem didn't occur.
RLs and RKs (especially RK06/7) are wonderful drives. I've used a
lot of both and I love 'em.
Anybody know if DEC ever made a Qbus RK06/7 controller?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Mon Sep 03 2001 - 19:41:58 BST