Anyone have spare OS/8 for DECmate disks, RX02? (copies originals does not matter).
I have a lot of RX01 disks, not sure if I have any RX02's, but I'd offer to trade what I can or pay a fair price. I may need a VT278 to the pedestal drive cable. I have a candidate cable that may work, but it's hacked up (split) and may not from a DECmate, just found in in the DEC cable bin. Not sure how rare the disks and/or cable are. I also need a CPU card RAM module if anyone has one. The VT278 appears to work ok without the last RAM pod/module in the back of the CPU card, but eventually I'll probably want a full 32K. It may be required for DECmate OS/8. I realize It may be possible to make disks, working on that. I know that RX02 is a format difficult to reproduce without effort, so I assume the shortest path is to find someone with a working DECmate, RX02 disks, and willingness to make a copy using the native system. I would be happy to pay a fair price or trade stuff. I don't have a RX02 drive controller card other than the DECmate CPU card, otherwise I'd make the disks myself. I may be able to make a disk using imagedisk, looking into that, but I have read that this is not easy. I have more to research on the subject. Here are some photos of the DECmate I am working on. http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=699 Bill
