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Article #1828Re: Q-buss controller for RX50
From: Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 1990 04:02
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 1990 04:02
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In article <203.26bdc96e@dragon.uucp>, cts@dragon.uucp (Charles T. Smith, Jr.) writes: > Actually, you can format RX50 floppies with a special formatting > device, known as a Rainbow. If you plan to make any use of an RX50 > at all, having a Rainbow around to format your floppies (and double as > a terminal) works out pretty well. I've got a couple rainbows sitting > about that I grabbed just before they hit the garbage. I've also > seen them sell for less than $100. True. But they're still 400K. Actually, I can format disks to the RX50 format on my PC (with a Central Point board). However, both your solution and mine are probably silly when one can get an RX33 and use 1.2 Mb media. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, US terry@spcvxa.spc.edu (201) 915-9381
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!spcvxb.spc.edu!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Q-buss controller for RX50 Message-ID: <1990Aug8.000254.432@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 8 Aug 90 04:02:54 GMT References: <32447@cup.portal.com> <1990Aug5.024103.418@spcvxb.spc.edu> <203.26bdc96e@dragon.uucp> Distribution: usa Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 15