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In article <1992Dec11.113407.5893@ais.com>, bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:
>> ...
>> Wrong; the ST-225 *is* the RD-31.  It is standard on DECmate III+ and often
>> found in DM II.
> 
> I do not believe that the Rainbow ever officially supported that drive;
> certainly the standard DEC hard disk drive formmater did not know about
> it.  I didn't necessarily mean that the drive wasn't used in _some_ DEC
> machines, but it wasn't supported on the Rainbow and the Rainbow software
> knew _nothing_ about it.  You need third-party software in order to use it.
> I think the point was that by the time the ST-225 was out, DEC had already
> effectively given up on the Rainbow.
> 
> Bruce C. Wright
-- 
Bruce,
 
I can completely state that the Rainbow DID support the RD31. I 
had the "honor" of purchasing the RD31 and controller directly 
from Digital (got a good deal). The package included a revised 
formatting program which was fully capable of formatting the RD31 
(aka ST-225).
 
- Bob
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