> From: Jerry Weiss > I always wondered why the RKV11-D was only 16 bit addressable.
The manual (EK-RKV11-OP-001) says: "Since the 11/03 BUS structure has no provision for extended addressing, no connection is made to the bus from these [XM] bits on the RKVII-D." (pg. 3-5). > The DEC RK05 disk subsystem cost $10K list circa 1978 (drive, RKV-11D > controller and cabinet), so this wasn't a trivial purchase. Interesting. Where did you see that listed, just out of curiosity? (I looked in the Jan '84 PDP-11 Systems and Options, my copy of which just showed up,but that's too late; I could probably find it if I pawed through all my DEC sales literature, but I'm too lazy... :-). Noel