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- Subject: Re: Can an RL02 be controlled by the RL11??
- Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.0.721080127.bqt@Bern.DoCS.UU.SE>
- From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@bern.docs.uu.se>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 21:02:07 MET
- Reply-To: bqt@minsk.docs.uu.se
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- In-Reply-To: Your message of 5 Nov 92 06:13:08 GMT
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- >In article <1992Nov4.211128.27729@mail.cornell.edu>, jrl2@cornell.edu (Jeffrey Luszcz) writes:
- >> Can I use my rl11 controllers to control rl02 drives? If not, what is
- >> the UNIBUS card that would do it?
- >
- > Yes. The RL11 controller supports both RL01 and RL02 drives. You may need
- >some minimum revision level to support RL02's.
- >
- > The Q-bus RLV11 only does RL01's (and is a 2-board set, and doesn't like
- >Q/Q backplanes, and other unfriendly acts). The RLV21 does both and is a
- >single board.
-
- On a slightly side-note. The RL8A also supports both the RL01 and
- RL02.
- You only need to change one switch on the board. (The RL8A is a one
- board controller for the pdp8).
-
- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
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