DEC RC-25 (was )

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Thu May 9 19:54:31 2002

> The reliability was terrible with this drive... had MANY over the years,
> basically if you kept the same cartridge in the drive, kept it running most
> of the time, and did not swap them with other drives, it would work ok...
> but reliable???
>

IIRC that was a CDC drive rebadged and interfaced to a DEC
controller...

It looked good but was fragile as hell in real life.
DEC customers liked more solid stuff...

Bill
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 19:54:31 BST