Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!scherzo!allegra!mit-eddie!husc6!wjh12!maynard!campbell From: campbell@maynard.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: DEC Rainbow Message-ID: <864@maynard.BSW.COM> Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 23:02:54 EST Article-I.D.: maynard.864 Posted: Wed Mar 4 23:02:54 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 00:35:57 EST References: <1187@hope.UUCP> <262@andromeda.UUCP> Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 25 Keywords: Rainbow RX50 diskette format Xref: utgpu comp.sys.ibm.pc:2155 comp.sys.misc:416 Summary: moan - more misinformation mildly muddling my much-maligned machine In article <262@andromeda.UUCP> myers@andromeda.UUCP (Scott R Myers) writes: >... the Rainbow uses a Single Sided/Quad Density diskette that is specially >preformatted for the RX-50 Disk Drive... They're not too hard to finneed to buy special quad-density disks. The Rainbow is perfectly capable of formatting diskettes, and even though it records at 96 TPI, you can use ordinary SSDD (or DSDD) diskettes as long as they're of good quality. For a long time I used el cheapo no-name SSDD diskettes we got for about 27 cents each. About 5% of them were unusable. I got tired of that and switched to Polaroid DSDD diskettes, for about 53 cents each. They have worked perfectly - I've never had a bad one. There are several other DEC products that use RX50 diskettes as well, including the MicroVAX, Micro-PDP11, Pro, and DECmate. I think only the Rainbow can format them, though, so if you have a Rainbow you might hang on to it just so you can format cheap diskettes for your other machines. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL