Curt Vendel needs RK05 drive on east coast

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Jun 2 14:20:01 2003

> Curt Vendel of the Atari Historical Society needs help. He's obtained a
> bunch of RM05 carthridges that apparently contain a lot of interest Atari
> corporate data. He'd like to read these but doesn't have the necessary
> gear.
>
> Is there anyone in the New York area (or thereabouts) who has an RK05

Which is it? The RK05 is a single-platter 2.5M byte unit, and is fairly
common. The RM05 is a floor-standing washing machine (12 platter pack??)
and is much rarer. The 2 are not compatible.

> drive that they can loan to Curt so he can read these? Better yet, does
> anyone have a working PDP-11 system upon which these tapes can be read?

Was the RM05 ever supported on PDP11s? (maybe on the 11/70 suing the
built-in MASSbus adapters, but I would be suprised if a MASSbus ->
Unibus interface would be fast enough). These packs could well have come
from a VAX system.

-tony
Received on Mon Jun 02 2003 - 14:20:01 BST