To add and correct, the RC25 drive was manufactured by CDC and NOT
digital. Its 26mb fixed and 26mb removable, for a total of 52mb. Used
to have a bunch... they are NOT the most reliable things around, but
with proper handling procedures they worked...
"Fred N. van Kempen" wrote:
> Owen: the RC25 are DEC's attempt at creating funny things.
>
> They are MSCP disks (connect to UDA50 or KDA50) with an SDI
> bus. They are actually two drives in a single coffin- one
> winchester drive (13MByte) and a removable cartridge drive,
> also 13MB. So, one could back on the winchester to the
> removable, and so on.
>
> I have one here.. just no cartridge.
>
> --f
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Owen Robertson [mailto:univac2_at_earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:26 PM
> > To: Classic Computer Mailing List
> > Subject: DEC RC25 Drives
> >
> >
> > A few weeks ago, I got a rather nice PDP-11/34 (34A, turnkey
> > front panel)
> > from a scrap yard. They had two identical systems being used
> > in some sort of
> > electronic testing devices. I only got one system because the
> > other one
> > looked like it had been hit by a forklift a couple times. It
> > wasn't in great
> > shape, so I salvaged some cards from it (CPU, memory, DELUA, drive
> > controller, UNIBUS utility stuff...).
> >
> > My system is in very nice shape though. And along with the
> > CPU, I also got
> > two RC25 drives, along with controllers and cables. I've
> > never seen these
> > before. Can anyone tell me anything about them? They look
> > like nice drives,
> > but I've never really heard much about them.
> >
> > Anyway, this will be my third 11/34. Of the other two, I
> > still have (and
> > very much like) one, and one has been passed on to another
> > list member.
> > Anyway, more questions on recent acquisitions to come
> > shortly, I'm sure.
> >
> > --
> > Owen Robertson
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David Barnes
davebarnes_at_adelphia.net
OpenVMS , Tru64, Netbsd, Linux guru
and collector of DEC equipment
Received on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 20:39:00 GMT