4.3BSD Quasijarus

[Dave McGuire]

On Dec 26, 2008, at 11:04 PM, Bob Armstrong wrote:
>   I've also got a 11/725 that's in good shape except for a few missing
> pieces of sheet metal, but like Ethan I've no working RC25 drive.   
> A UNIBUS
> SMD controller is an option - there are some small 8" SMD disks  
> that mist
> just fit inside the chassis in place of the RC25 - but a UNIBUS SCSI
> controller would be a better way to go, since it'd be no problem to  
> fit a
> SCSI disk in there.  Unfortunately neither SMD nor SCSI UNIBUS  
> controllers
> are easy to come by.

   5.25" SMD drives do exist; Seagate (and possibly others) made  
them.  I had a few at one point (1990?) but no more.  I know someone  
who has some but I doubt he'd turn loose of them.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL