On Mon, 24 Sep 2012, mc68010 wrote:
  I want to low level format some drives and I
understand this is what
 I'll need to do it. The Customer Diag tape apparently doesn't let
 you. Google tells me it was once talked about here on the list and
 what I am after is :
 AQ-GM5AN-DN MVII DIAG MAINT TK50
 I found something on the web but, I am pretty sure it is just the
 customer version and I can't get it to boot anyway. 
 If it is this it then I have the files you are looking for.
 
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2004-November/110798.html
 I've put them online here:
 
http://strudel.ignorelist (dot)
 com/~tothwolf/classiccmp/MicroVAX_II_Diagnostic_Maintenance_Tapes/ 
Awesome. Thanks.