[comp.os.vms] RD53 Disk Format Compatibility Question

DAVE@CC8.BBN.COM ("David R. Barach x3884 pager 884", barach@cc8.bbn.com) (04/26/87)

Does anyone know whether an RD-53 shipped in a VaxStation 2000 will be
format-compatible with the "same" unit found in a uVAX-II with an RQDX-3
controller?

What I really want to know is whether I can remove a VaxStation's disk, install
it in a BA-123 chassis, load it and then reinstall it.  We plan to fire up an
NI cluster eventually, but I want to avoid putting that in series with using
the stations we have on order.

Dave Barach (replies to "dave@bbn.com")

tli@sargas.usc.edu (Tony Li) (04/27/87)

RD53 formats are compatible across versions of the RQDX3, as far as
I've seen.  However, there is no way to xfer between an RQDX2 and a RQDX3.

Cheers,
Tony ;-)
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