RD51, RD52, RD53, RD54, RD31, RD32, RX33 on an *** RQDX3 ** (There should be a "Fat Finger Day" ;) ).
JRJ On 9/21/2015 3:22 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > On 9/21/2015 11:34 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > >> For RX50? On standard PDP11s, those used an MSCP controller, which means >> the controller would have to do it. Did it? The only MSCP controller I >> remember that did formatting was the UDA50. >> >> I suppose you could on a Pro, since that had its own particularly disgusting >> junk controller. But I haven't seen RX50 formatting there. My impression >> was that they came factory formatted, with the DEC-specific 10 sector per >> track format. >> >> paul >> > > Acch. Bad memory cells. This actually was discussed back in 2002. > Some of the correspondents in that discussion are also denizens of this > mailing list, may recall I made the same mistake back then: > > The diagnostic was/is: > > BL-FN7AP-MC CZFNAP0 M-11 FORMTR RX50 > > So, just to verify, I fired up my 11/23 (which hasn't been on in YEARS), > which came right up, and inserted the floppy and booted it: > > It formats: > > RD51, RD52, RD53 on an RQDX1 or RQDX2 > RD51, RD52, RD53, RD54, RD31, RD32, RX33 on an RQDDX2 > > Sorry for the confusion. > > JRJ > > > > >
