On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 7:04 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > > > On Oct 4, 2021, at 9:47 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 7:42 PM Chris Zach via cctalk > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Oddly enough I do have a copy of Pro/Venix 1.0 that would fit on a > >> Pro/350 with a 5mb hard drive. Slow as *dirt*, you could literally watch > >> the hard drive seek back and forth with the little arm on the side. But > >> it did work. > > > > I have one of those. I brought it to VCF East two years ago for the > > Mother of all UNIX Demos. I think there's 300-400KB free on that > > RD50. > > I wonder if it supports at least an RD51, since those arrived together > with the RD50. > The initial DEC Rainbow port of Venix did not, though the later Boston Software Works enhancements did. Venix 2.0R only supported RD50. > > It is indeed slow as dirt. > > Chances are it would be noticeably faster with an MFM emulator connected. > My Rainbow certainly is for similar disks.The MFM emulator isn't exactly speedy, but it's at least a bit faster than the real disks it replaced. Warner
