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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