ERIK@MAX.ACS.WASHINGTON.EDU ("Erik A. Abers") (07/07/88)
> Date: 6 Jul 88 12:46:18 GMT > From: cs.utexas.edu!milano!paver@tut.cis.ohio-state.EDU > Subject: RD51/RD31 compatiblity/formatting > To: info-dec-micro@gsb-how.stanford.EDU > > I ordered a couple of RD51 disks (10 meg) at the recent DECUS. > DEC phoned yesterday and said they're out of RD51's but will > substitute RD31's (20 meg). This sounds great, but I'm > wondering if my Rainbow users will be able to format those > RD31's. They're running MS-DOS 2.11. > > Can anyone help me here? Please reply by e-mail to the address > below ASAP. I've got DEC on hold :-). Bob - Go for it! My DEC Rainbow 100+ came with an RD31 when I bought it a few years ago. It works perfect for me under both Rainbow MS-DOS 2.11-1 and CP/M 2.10. The formatter(s) handle it just fine. Even this 20mb disk is starting to feel small on my system; I couldn't even imagine 10mb ;-). Note that there are a few handy public domain utilities and patches for hard-disks available on the Rainbow. Although you probably won't want to "mess" with them initially, they are quite useful... Drop me a line if you want more info on these. One, in particular, cures a fairly serious bug in the way Rainbow MS-DOS handles "bad spots" on the hard-disk. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- Erik A. Abers -- 501 North 36th Street; #167 -- University of Washington -- Seattle, WA 98103-8613; USA -> Address #1: Erik@Max.ACS.Washington.Edu -> Alternates: Substitute -> Address #2: Erik@UWaV4.ACS.Washington.Edu "8250480" for "Erik" in -> Address #3: Erik@UWaCDC.ACS.Washington.Edu these addresses. -> Address #4: EA@Fricaba.CS.Washington.Edu -> Telephone: (206) 632-2775 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-