Diablo 30 power

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Wed Aug 10 17:12:23 CDT 2005


> PDP-8 RK05's are 16 sectors, PDP-11 RK05's are 12 sectors.
> 
> I don't know about the RK01, but the RK02 through RK05 (excluding
> RK05F) all present the same geometry.

Actaully, the geometry of the RK05f is the same as the RK05, it just 
appears as 2 drives. Each 'drive' has the same number of cylinders, 
heads, and sectors as a normal RK05.

Was there ever a 16 sector version of the RK05f for the PDP8? I've only 
ever seen 12 sector ones.

> 
> In non-DEC uses, I believe there were 8-sectored packs in common use.

Somewhere I have at least one manual on the RK01. I seem to remember that 
was an 8 sector device, but I certainly wouldn't put any money on that :-)

-tony


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