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From: ear@wpi.WPI.EDU (Eric A Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: 8" -> 3.5" drives
Message-ID: <1991Feb16.201249.24822@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 16 Feb 91 20:12:49 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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There has been some discussion on comp.os.cpm regarding the replacement of 8"
drives with 3.5" drives because they apparrently have the same pin-outs and
can be used as transparent replacements.  (Note that I have not followed the
discussion in all detail, so I may be mistaken.) I have now discovered, after
being very bored one night, that the PDT-11/150 which has been sitting in our
storage closet works.  However, the 8 inch drives in it are very noisy and
slow.  What I was wondering was if anyone knew whether or not it is possible
to replace the old 8 inch drives in this beast with modern 3.5 inch drives. 
Of course, I realize that I would have to transfer all the software from one
format to the other.

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