[rescue] Rescue a PDP

[Dave McGuire]

On July 18, Bjorn Ramqvist wrote:
> > > >   What kind of disks are on this machine?
> > >
> > > What are my choices?  I can't remember what he told me (something big)..
> > > Can I get any sort of networking to run on this at all BTW?  I know he
> > 
> >   If it's really a PDP11/34 (see below) it'll likely have RK05 or
> > RL01/02 drives.  There are a couple of larger possibilities (RK07) but
> > not very likely.
> 
> Oooh, I love those RK07 harddrives... makes such a wooshing sound when
> they start up. :-)
> Very low MB/A (MegaByte/Amperage), but who gives a damn? They are cool!

  Yes I ran an RK07 for a long, long time.  I really loved that
drive.  It was the system disk of my PDP11/34 many years ago, running
RSTS/E v9.4.

     -Dave

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