Curt Vendel needs RK05 drive on east coast

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Mon Jun 2 10:51:00 2003

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> The RM05 was the largest in a particular line of MASSBUS drives based
> on CDC internals.
Correct.

> while the faster RM03 went to VAXen and perhaps PDP-11/70s). The RM05
> is a repackaged CDC 9766.
Afaik, just relabeled... unlike the RM02/3, they didnt change the
05 [much].

> You can use an RM05 with an 11/750, but it's possible that the packs
> in question were also used with a PDP-11.
I doubt the RH11 is fast enough to handle the RM05 blasting its data
onto the bus. Wasnt the RM03 the largest one to be runnable off the
RH11 controller?

Anyway... yeah, if you can find a VAX with Massbus controller and an
RM05 drive, you only need to grab a straight image off the packs, and
do any "smart" work on simulators such as SimH or Charon-VAX.

--f
Received on Mon Jun 02 2003 - 10:51:00 BST