late spring-cleaning

From: no <oliv555_at_arrl.net>
Date: Fri Jun 28 18:02:32 2002

Ethan Dicks wrote:
> --- no <oliv555_at_arrl.net> wrote:
>
>>A cleanup at my workplace has yielded the following items
>>dumpster-bound. These will be pickup only in the Houston
>>area (near Bush Int'l) and may not be available for very long.
>
>
> Foo! Too far. :-(
>
>
>>- 18 Rk05 diskpacks; NOT the 12-sector type used on PDP11, these
>> have 8 slots in the sector ring (PDP8 ?). Don't know what
>> they came off of.
>
>
> Real RK05 packs came in two flavors for DEC equipment - 12 sectors
> of 16-bit words for PDP-11s and 16-sectors of 12-bit words. Perhaps
> you have a pack from some other drive that is mechanically similar,
> but not identical. I know Plessey made DEC-compatible machines.
> Perhaps the packs are slightly different. The same style of packs
> were also used in the IBM 1130, but I have no idea how many sectors
> they are. Ditto for RK02/RK04 (low-density version of the
> RK03/RK05)packs... not sure how they look.
>

My dept seems to have become a repository for other groups unwanted
"junk". Sometimes a good thing, usually not. Have no idea what system
those packs were used on.

Forgot to include: a CR11 board and a non-dec extender (quad)

no
Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 18:02:32 BST