RD53 formatter - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Jul 2001

Doug,
Run ZRQCH0 under XXDP(+?) to format the RD's.  If your 11/83 has a serial
line at 176500/300 you can even load XXDP from a PC emulating a TU58. I
routinely do this.
Wim
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  From: Doug Carman &lt;pdp11(a)bellsouth.net&gt;
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: RD53 formatter
 Date: Thursday, July 05, 2001 2:52 PM
 I have a PDP-11/83 with an RQDX3 disk controller and a pair of RD53
 drives from a MicroVAX II.  Since all I can get from both drives are I/O
 errors, I am left to assume that they were once hooked to an RQDX2
 controller and now need to be re-low-level formatted to work with the
 RQDX3.  Does anyone know what is required to do this on an 11/83?  Was
 there an XXDP diagnostic program that did this?
 Thanks.
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 Doug Carman
 pdp11(a)bellsouth.net