PDP-10s

[Zane H. Healy]

> >An interesting thought, but weren't the RP disks formatted to 18-bit
> >words when used on 36-bit hosts?  If one kludged up an interface with
> >some smarts, perhaps one could format a SCSI disk to something other
> >than 512 8-bit-bytes per sector.  The RP20(?) emulator could then
> >request a larger block, then repackage it and feed it up to the KS10
> >as 36-bit words.
> 
> That's the idea.  As I recall Eric Smith understood this - we emailed
> once and he mentioned supporting a 10 on unibus.  I don't remember the
> details but I'm sure he know.  (I'll dredge up the email) 
> 
> -brad

Mike Ross might be a real good source of information, as I recall he's been
researching using a modern Disk solution that he has (minus the required
software).

		Zane