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> Date: 6 Jul 88 12:46:18 GMT
> From: cs.utexas.edu!milano!paver@tut.cis.ohio-state.EDU
> Subject: RD51/RD31 compatiblity/formatting
> To: info-dec-micro@gsb-how.stanford.EDU
>
> I ordered a couple of RD51 disks (10 meg) at the recent DECUS.
> DEC phoned yesterday and said they're out of RD51's but will
> substitute RD31's (20 meg).  This sounds great, but I'm
> wondering if my Rainbow users will be able to format those
> RD31's.  They're running MS-DOS 2.11.
>
> Can anyone help me here?  Please reply by e-mail to the address
> below ASAP.  I've got DEC on hold :-).

Bob -

Go for it!  My DEC Rainbow 100+ came with an RD31 when I bought it a few
years ago.  It works perfect for me under both Rainbow MS-DOS 2.11-1 and
CP/M 2.10.  The formatter(s) handle it just fine.  Even this 20mb disk
is starting to feel small on my system; I couldn't even imagine 10mb ;-).

Note that there are a few handy public domain utilities and patches for
hard-disks available on the Rainbow.  Although you probably won't want to
"mess" with them initially, they are quite useful...  Drop me a line if
you want more info on these.  One, in particular, cures a fairly serious
bug in the way Rainbow MS-DOS handles "bad spots" on the hard-disk.

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