VaxStation 2000 as an MFM formatter (was RE: TCP/IP for VMS 5.4)

[rescue at hawkmountain.net]

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> If you going to mess with MFM drives you must have a MicroVAX2000 as its
> a good RDxx formatter in a box (RqDX3 compatable). If it has decent amount
> of memory and an RD54 in it they can be fun to play with as they are
> small and very portable.  The alternate is to MOP load VMS to it and use a
> small 20-40mb disk for local files and swap.  With two you can run LAVC!
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> Allison
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Wasn't there discussion some time back regarding a difference in
interleave between the VS2000 and an RQDX3 ?  Was that ever determined
to be the case ?

-- Curt