[fa.info-vax] IDTC for vax ra81's?

info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (05/15/85)

From: Mark Weiser <mark@tove>

DEC has a new beast called an Integrated Disk Tape Controller (or maybe
its Tape Disk?), which sits on the SBI and includes a UDA50 analog for
talking to RA81's.  It costs $18,000 but I think this includes the
UDA50 cost and the tape controller cost.  This gets around the previous
major disadvantage of the RA81: eating a unibus, and being limited to
unibus speeds.  So I basically like and am thinking about ordering one
on our 8600.  Can anyone shed any more rumors on this new little
animal?  Thanks.
	-mark
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