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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: Help needed on Dilog DQ20X controller
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.201055.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <16048.9211171059@lyly.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:10:55 GMT
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- In article <16048.9211171059@lyly.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, tar90@ecs.soton.ac.uk (RUSSELL TA) writes:
- >
- > Having just been given 2 515mbyte SMD drives, I would like to get them
- > connected to my PDP11/23.
- >
- > I currently have a Dilog DQ20X controller which emulates RK05 drives.
- > Unfortunately I have no documentation or software for this controller, so
- > I was wondering if anyone could help me out ?
- >
-
- You should do a little arithmatic and see how many RK05s you need to get
- 1 GB ( 2 x 512MB ).
-
- ...
- > The drives I have can be configured to have different numbers of sectors per
- > track ( currently 48 sectors per track ). Do I need to change these, and if so
- > will I have to reformat the drive ?
- >
-
- You need to set the sector count to give ~580-620 bytes per sector. What are
- drives? someone probably has a manual and could tell you the switch setting if
- they knew the drive type.
-
- I would recomend you scrounge arround for a more suitable controler as well.
-
- ~Paul
-
-