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In article <1996Nov29.001633.16749@decus>, geremin@decus.org.au (PDP-11 Trainee Guru) writes:
>   Hi Folks - another difficult repair job.

[cut..  PDP-11 with DQ614 emulating RL drives.]  

> Anyone got a spare RO-200 (good or bad condition) ?

Yes.  I think it is a 20 Mb version.  Condition unknown.

> Anyone got any documentation to decode the error code ?

Unlikely I have info on the DQ614.

> I am located in Sydney Australia.

I am in Melbourne Australia.

> Regards,   John G.         (aka 'megaJOHN')  ..  00:15 Fri 29-nov-96

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I have an R0200 here somewhere, known working, as well as several AS-IS.
The "morse code" comes from the drive, not the controller (as one of
the other replys to your post suggested).  In any case the "morse code"
would tell you what the problem is, but there usually isn't anything you
can do about it other than replace the drive or it's logic board.

If you don't find what you need closer to home, let me know 
(I'm in the USA - East Coast, NYC area).

Note: Formerly with DEC - field service product support, PDP8, PDP11,
MicroVAX systems.


Jim Gonzalez



PDP-11 Trainee Guru wrote:
> 
>   Hi Folks - another difficult repair job.
> 
> I have been asked to retrieve data from an old RODINE RO-200
> winchester type disk. At this stage it looks like a fault with
> the read/write board, the controller is reporting a drive error
> and the led on the drive blinks 3 times in succession.
> 
> The disk has been running in a Q-bus PDP_11 via a Dilog DQ614
> controller and is set up to look like DEC 'RL' type disks.
> I hope to swap the r/w board and recover the data on the disk.
> 
> Anyone got a spare RO-200 (good or bad condition) ?
> 
> Anyone got any documentation to decode the error code ?
> 
> Any other suggestions to recover the data.
> 
> I am located in Sydney Australia.
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> Regards,   John G.         (aka 'megaJOHN')  ..  00:15 Fri 29-nov-96
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