5432gg@homxb.UUCP (G.GOTO) (09/09/86)
I've just inherited a Micro PDP-11 running V7M-11 and the documentation for formatting 5 1/4" floppies using the RX50 disk drive is non-existent. Does anyone know if its possible to format disks without having to buy DEC pre-formatted disks? and if possible, HOW?? Glen Goto (201) 949-6323 homxb!5432gg
movshon@acf8.UUCP (Tony Movshon) (09/10/86)
> I've just inherited a Micro PDP-11 running > V7M-11 and the documentation for formatting > 5 1/4" floppies using the RX50 disk drive is > non-existent. Does anyone know if its possible > to format disks without having to buy > DEC pre-formatted disks? and if possible, HOW?? > > Glen Goto The only RX50 controller that supports formatting "foreign" disks is the one in the Rainbow. I imagine that if you find someone with a Rainbow, you can get him/her to format a bunch of disks for you; they should be OK in the 11/73. Otherwise, you're out of luck. Tony Movshon arpa: movshon@nyu.arpa uucp: ...{seismo|ihnp4|allegra}!cmcl2!xp!tony usps: Department of Psychology, NYU 6 Washington Place, room 1083 New York, NY 10003 at&t: (212) 598-2818