Looking at http://www.vaxarchive.org/hardware/mfm/index.html
the RD51 is a 10Mb Seagate ST412 disk with a DEC label on it. I think you should therefore be able to image it with one of these:- http://www.vaxarchive.org/hardware/mfm/index.html Now I have two bare boards for these obtained at great expense because of the Royal Mail charging me £8.00 (about $10.00) for collecting the VAT which just about doubled the cost. I also have a Beagle Board which is needed to run the thing, but I havent obtained any of the other parts needed to build them, and I am not going to get one built before (insert movable deadline)... ... perhaps we could get the bits an build one at Dec Legacy.. Assuming I get there.... Dave Wade EA7 KAE (& G4UGM) > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rob Jarratt > Sent: 14 August 2016 13:23 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: Imaging and Emulating Rainbow > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rob > Jarratt > > Sent: 14 August 2016 11:55 > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > Subject: Imaging and Emulating Rainbow > > > > I have a Rainbow 100+ with a working hard disk. I want to image the > > disk before it fails and then emulate the Rainbow. The disk is an RD51 > > and appears to have 4 partitions on it. > > > > > > > > For imaging my first thought is to put the disk into a MicroVAX II, > > net > boot the > > MicroVAX into VMS and do a BACKUP/PHYSICAL, copying the image to a > > SIMH tap file. There shouldn't be any issues with this I assume? > > > > Oh dear. VMS would not let me MOUNT/FOREIGN, it said: > > %MOUNT-F-FORMAT, invalid media format > > So I couldn't mount it to do the BACKUP/PHYSICAL. > > What options do I have to image this disk? > > Regards > > Rob
