Oh those things are so fun. Let me know off list, I'll start checking
through things to find it.
C
On 9/5/2022 8:16 PM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
I agree, but in addition to getting the main system disk back up, I have
an ST506 emulator from David Gesswein that I would like to get wo
I agree, but in addition to getting the main system disk back up, I have
an ST506 emulator from David Gesswein that I would like to get working
after I built it. My Plessey DCV54 does not even offer a drive select
signal!
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
A
I have a spare RQDX3, but I really recommend finding an ESDI controller.
It is literally a slug compared to my MTI ESDI controller.
C
On 9/5/2022 5:34 PM, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
So now, like me, you are stuck with a bunch of ESDI drives and no
controller!
I do have one DQ696, o
On 9/5/22 16:34, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
If anybody out there has a DQ696 or an RQDX3 available,
I'd like to hear from you!
I DO have a DQ696 that I will be bringing to the VCFMW. If
it won't read my ESDI drives formatted on an Emulex QD21,
then it is of no use to me.
Jon
So now, like me, you are stuck with a bunch of ESDI drives and no
controller!
I do have one DQ696, on my MVII in a BA123 box, but the other controller
was a Sigma that developed in internal faulure and which I used for RT11
on my 11/73 BA23 box.
Now I have to share the one controller betwee
On 9/5/22 13:46, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
If I tell you that they are not, will you think I am just
trying to get the QD21 from you? I need one to replace the
Sigma ESDI controller that failed, and no its format is
not the same either.
They also had a choice of hard vs soft sectori
If I tell you that they are not, will you think I am just trying to get
the QD21 from you? I need one to replace the Sigma ESDI controller that
failed, and no its format is not the same either.
They also had a choice of hard vs soft sectoring. I believe Emulex and
Dilog handled the RCT differ
On 9/4/22 18:20, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
I will be at the VCFMW both days. I am bringing a bunch
of stuff to sell. I have a big box of Q-bus boards from
my Micro-VAX II system. I also have two ESDI disks that
have VMS 4.7 on them, and an Emulex QD21 controller. I'm
hoping somebody at t
On 8/30/22 22:50, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
Hello vintage computing fans across the country and around the globe
(that's right - we're international!) The 17th Vintage Computer
Festival Midwest is coming up in just two weeks! The hotel is sold out
(months ago!), the tables are all booked (and the
