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- From: gezelter@rlgsc.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
- Subject: Re: Rainbow 100+
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.092414.278@rlgsc.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 09:24:14 EST
- References: <1992Dec6.181856.15863@cs.wright.edu> <1992Dec7.222607.3388@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Dec11.113407.5893@ais.com>
- Organization: Robert Gezelter Software Consultant, Flushing, NY
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- In article <1992Dec11.113407.5893@ais.com>, bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:
- >> ...
- >> Wrong; the ST-225 *is* the RD-31. It is standard on DECmate III+ and often
- >> found in DM II.
- >
- > I do not believe that the Rainbow ever officially supported that drive;
- > certainly the standard DEC hard disk drive formmater did not know about
- > it. I didn't necessarily mean that the drive wasn't used in _some_ DEC
- > machines, but it wasn't supported on the Rainbow and the Rainbow software
- > knew _nothing_ about it. You need third-party software in order to use it.
- > I think the point was that by the time the ST-225 was out, DEC had already
- > effectively given up on the Rainbow.
- >
- > Bruce C. Wright
- --
- Bruce,
-
- I can completely state that the Rainbow DID support the RD31. I
- had the "honor" of purchasing the RD31 and controller directly
- from Digital (got a good deal). The package included a revised
- formatting program which was fully capable of formatting the RD31
- (aka ST-225).
-
- - Bob
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