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From: rainer@rhubarb.colorado.edu (Rainer Malzbender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: RD54 Woes, yet again
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Date: 19 Dec 90 23:48:17 GMT
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Say I had a Microvax II and an RD54 disk drive. Say also that I tried to
use the RD54 without one of those little "write-protect, ready" pushbutton
panels on the front. Would this possibly screw up the disk ? This is the
second time I seem to have wiped out the factory formatting on this drive.

Say, furthermore, that I was running VMS 4.7. Could this be a problem? I am
trying to upgrade to 5.whatever, but first I need a working RD54.

I apologize for contributing to the many whiny "help me" posts, but I promise
to help someone else if I can!
--
Rainer Malzbender, PhD 
Dept. of Physics   (303)492-6829
U. of Colorado, Boulder        rainer@boulder.colorado.edu 128.138.240.246