[CCTALK] Good Trip/Score Dec Rainbow, preformatted media

From: Raymond Moyers <rmoyers_at_nop.org>
Date: Thu May 16 21:40:40 2002

On Thursday 16 May 2002 21:10, you wrote:

> Thanks to Alex W. I picked up a Dec Rainbow+ w/color card and a DEC
> VR240 and a DEC printer

 Isnt that one of those machines that need preformatted media ?

 Im not very knowlegable about VAX variants but i read about
 a certain small vax 2000? prized for its ability to prepare
 hard disks (flaw map/disk label) for the larger vaxen that
 lacked the ability to do it themselves.

 Then there are those tape drives that cannot format their
 own media (all to force you to buy media from them)

 Perhaps others could name additional hardware with
 a intentional built-in dependancy to the OEM.

 Raymond
Received on Thu May 16 2002 - 21:40:40 BST