DEC RC25 Drives

From: John A. Dundas III <dundas_at_caltech.edu>
Date: Mon Mar 3 11:37:00 2003

Back in the VAX 11/725 days I used to have several such systems. All were
quite reliable, evidently contrary to experience on the list.

At 10:29 AM -0800 2/19/03, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>You will not be able to spin it up without the removable cartridge.

Is this strictly true? My very vague memory recalled that it was possible,
though the removable door had to remain closed while the internal drive was
spun up.

I recently acquired one [and the controller] for my 11/73. I do have one
and only one pack. This pack does have data that I would like to
reacquire, therefore I am unwilling to put it in the drive until I have
some way of proving the drive clean and functional. [Can't accept crashing
the removable.] I have not been able to spin up the disk so far, thus
lending evidence to Ethan's assertion above.

John
Received on Mon Mar 03 2003 - 11:37:00 GMT