On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Robert Jarratt
wrote:
> I have had a few replies now. So it seems that it wasn't that unusual to
> connect up these big drives to a MicroVAX II.
In the late 1980s, your choices for uVAXII disk were essentially,
5.25" DEC RD drives, which topped out at 154MB, or ex
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon
> Auringer
> Sent: 14 December 2015 16:46
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Webster WQSMD/04 Qbus SMD Controller
>
>
>
> Not completely unusual. Our comp
On 2015-12-13 1:40 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I picked up some Qbus cards yesterday. They seem to be board set for a
MicroVAX II. However, one of the cards was, to me at least, a bit unusual.
It was made by a company called Webster, and it appears to be a controller
for SMD disks. I was not fami
> On 13 Dec 2015, at 18:40, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>
> I picked up some Qbus cards yesterday. They seem to be board set for a
> MicroVAX II. However, one of the cards was, to me at least, a bit unusual.
> It was made by a company called Webster, and it appears to be a controller
> for SMD disks.
On 13/12/2015 07:40, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I picked up some Qbus cards yesterday. They seem to be board set for
a MicroVAX II. However, one of the cards was, to me at least, a bit
unusual. It was made by a company called Webster, and it appears to
be a controller for SMD disks. I was not familiar
> On Dec 12, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Robert Jarratt
> wrote:
>
> I picked up some Qbus cards yesterday. They seem to be board set for a
> MicroVAX II. However, one of the cards was, to me at least, a bit unusual.
> It was made by a company called Webster, and it appears to be a controller
> for SMD
I picked up some Qbus cards yesterday. They seem to be board set for a
MicroVAX II. However, one of the cards was, to me at least, a bit unusual.
It was made by a company called Webster, and it appears to be a controller
for SMD disks. I was not familiar with SMD disks and had to look them up. I
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