non DEC drives (was: DEC 350)

From: John Allain <allain_at_panix.com>
Date: Mon Jul 1 10:25:39 2002

> How hard it is to replace is up to the
> scarcity of MFM drives in your area.

Does DEC, for example with the RQDX3, only
accept the RD5{0..4} _geometries_ with this
controller or can there be others. Could a larger
drive be used in a "waste some tracks" mode
with the RQDX3?
This all assumes a seperate formatter, mv2000
or XXDDP.

John A.
Received on Mon Jul 01 2002 - 10:25:39 BST