Dec RA60 Drives and HSC40 Controller... worth rescuing?

From: Paul Thompson <thompson_at_new.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jul 22 21:33:01 2003

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I just ran across a couple of DEC RA60 (removable pack) drives
> and a HSC40 controller at a local dealer. They know _nothing_
> about this stuff, save that it's _heavy_.
>
> Normally, I would not hesitate, but my collection is starting
> to get out of hand, and I have to start limiting myself...eventually ;-)

If this is the case, now might be the time to start limiting yourself.
The HSC would need its bootable media, probably CRONIC on 5.25" floppies.

You would need a CI card, cables and star coupler. (You did not say if
you have these already)

The RA60's are small capacity power eaters. You're probably better
watching for a HSJx0 on ebay and running your cluster via scsi.
Received on Tue Jul 22 2003 - 21:33:01 BST