Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!astroatc!tenaglia
From: tenaglia@astroatc.UUCP (Chris Tenaglia)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: FORMATTING RX50K DISKETTES
Message-ID: <711@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 88 20:29:02 GMT
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Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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Keywords: IBMPC, MICROVAX-I, DISKETTES

Thank you for your advice. Fortunately we do have rainbows.
The question was "How can I format RX50K diskettes for my
Microvax-I, perferrably on an IBMPC or compatible.". Now I
know a PC with a high density drive could do it, but I did
not want to get that deep into programming the controller.
Many answers I received suggested using a Rainbow. I just 
happened to have access to such a machine and typing FORMAT A:/I,
in my case, did the job. I did get an error message, but
perhaps the hardware needed maintenance. I had to INIT the
diskette and MOUNT it on the Microvax, and everything has
been fine since. NOTE : I used a standard double sided/
double density diskette. A SHOW DEV/FULL revealed a capacity
of 800 blocks. Thanx.

Chris Tenaglia
Astronautics Corporation of America
4115 N. Teutonia Avenue
Milwaukee, Wi 53209
(414) 447-8200 X-450