Wanted -- Formatter for DEC Rainbow Disks

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From: Steve Hunt
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1987 17:33

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Howdy folks,

A friend of mine is the (proud?) owner of a DEC Rainbow micro with
two 360k drives.  But, as many of you are no doubt aware, DEC in their
wisdom did not distribute a formatter with the machine -- so he is
stuck at the moment with a very limited number of usable disks.

Does anyone out there have a formatter, P.D. or otherwise free of cost,
that we could get hold of?  We might even (gasp) consider paying a small
amount of money for a commercial product if that proves necessary!

If you can help a poor frail Rainbow to live out its twilight years
with lots of those nice, old-fashioned 5 inch disks, please mail me
and we will discuss a way to do the transfer.

Thanks in advance,

		Steve Hunt.



-- 
"University computer centers are notorious for being run by
 empty-headed bozos."       -- Henry Spencer.

Steve Hunt, DONALD Programmer 1st Class
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Subject: Wanted -- Formatter for DEC Rainbow Disks
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Date: Mon, 2-Feb-87 12:33:53 EST
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Keywords: formatter, DEC, Rainbow