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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Q-buss controller for RX50
Message-ID: <1990Aug8.000254.432@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 90 04:02:54 GMT
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In article <203.26bdc96e@dragon.uucp>, cts@dragon.uucp (Charles T. Smith, Jr.) writes:
> Actually, you can format RX50 floppies with a special formatting
> device, known as a Rainbow.  If you plan to make any use of an RX50
> at all, having a Rainbow around to format your floppies (and double as
> a terminal) works out pretty well.  I've got a couple rainbows sitting
> about that I grabbed just before they hit the garbage.  I've also
> seen them sell for less than $100.

  True. But they're still 400K. Actually, I can format disks to the RX50
format on my PC (with a Central Point board). However, both your solution
and mine are probably silly when one can get an RX33 and use 1.2 Mb media.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, US
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