On 10/16/2015 12:47 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
> From: Dave G4UGM
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 4:01 AM
>
>> In fact DEC had little option. If they had not provided the X.25 software
>> they would have been unable to sell large machines to UK Universities as
>> support of Janet was required to ge
From: Dave G4UGM
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 4:01 AM
> In fact DEC had little option. If they had not provided the X.25 software
> they would have been unable to sell large machines to UK Universities as
> support of Janet was required to get central government funding.
"Damn it, Janet!"
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> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Johnny
> Billquist
> Sent: 16 October 2015 11:38
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> Subject: Re: Contents of DEC 8" floppies
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> On 2015-10-16 10:08, Dave Wade wrote:
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On 2015-10-16 10:08, Dave Wade wrote:
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Subject: Re: Contents of DEC 8" floppies
On 2015-10-16 08:14, Mark J. Blair wrote:
I
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> On 2015-10-16 08:14, Mark J. Blair wrote:
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On 2015-10-16 08:14, Mark J. Blair wrote:
I have some unused 3M blank preformatted RX02 diskettes. Would those be usable
in an RX01 drive?
Yes. The RX01 and RX02 is the same format. It's only the data part of
the sector that differs.
I don't know what the VAX PSI software is, but I'm guess
: 16 October 2015 07:15
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> Subject: Re: Contents of DEC 8" floppies
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> I have some unused 3M blank preformatted RX02 diskettes. Would those be
> usable in an RX01 drive?
>
> I don't know what the VAX PSI so
I have some unused 3M blank preformatted RX02 diskettes. Would those be usable
in an RX01 drive?
I don't know what the VAX PSI software is, but I'm guessing it must be for the
11/780 based on the media type. I have zero use for it, but the thought of
11/780 bits being returned to the entropy po
On 15/10/15 21:38, Charles wrote:
I bought a set of five DEC RX01 8" floppies (for the disks, since I
have an RX01 hooked up to my PDP-8/A) but I thought the contents might
be of interest to someone before I wipe them.
They are labeled VAX PSI V3.0 1/5 thru 5/5, (c) 1984. In order they
are AS-L
I'd expect you could still read them sector by sector - an RX01 is
standard single density format.
Regardless, you can find software to image them here:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/
In particular:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/pdp8/software/dumprest.tar.gz
(I had my own version of that sort
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