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From: craig@csdvx0.accu.csd.unsw.oz (Craig McGregor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,decus.rsts
Subject: Re: RM02 on MASSBUS advice wanted.
Message-ID: <1571@csdvx0.accu.csd.unsw.oz>
Date: 7 Jun 89 15:31:51 GMT
References: <217@decus.com.au>
Organization: University of New South Wales, Australia
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In article <217@decus.com.au>, geremin@decus.com.au (Big John from MEGATRONICS) writes:
> Hello World, I am about to connect up a RM03 disk, an RM05 disk and a RM02
> drive all on the same MASSBUS Controller on a PDP-1170 running RSTS v8.0.
> 
> I realize that the RM02 was intended to operate on a RH11 controller on
> the Unibus of smaller PDP-11s with a slower transfer rate. I have them on hand
> and cant afford to get them converted. And I dont mind the slower transfer
> rate.
> 
> My question is: Does anyone know if there are any problems with this config.?
> 
> Thanks in advance, John G.          geremin@decus.com.au
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We once moved an RM02 from a PDP-11/40 with RH11 to a VAX-11/750 with
RH750 and RM80 and it WORKED!!
I think that a jumper on the massbus board under the RM02 had to be moved
to alter some timing thing.
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