Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 11/05/2019 09:24 PM, allison via cctalk wrote: On 11/5/19 10:08 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 11/05/2019 12:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: it would be good to get it archived. I can do it if no one else volunteers OK, you're on. It is a 5.25 " disk in RX50 format, RT-11 file

Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Where hey a blue board or handles? I think I have a few around here. On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:10 AM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > If anybody has an Andromeda Q-bus MFM hard drive/floppy > controller, I have dug up the diags/utilities disk for it. > This will boot from the floppy on an LSI-11

Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread allison via cctalk
On 11/5/19 10:08 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 11/05/2019 12:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >> it would be good to get it archived. >> I can do it if no one else volunteers >> >> > OK, you're on.  It is a 5.25 " disk in RX50 format, RT-11 file > structure, and bootable on both PDP-11

Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 11/05/2019 12:11 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: it would be good to get it archived. I can do it if no one else volunteers OK, you're on. It is a 5.25 " disk in RX50 format, RT-11 file structure, and bootable on both PDP-11 and uVAX-II. let me know where to send it. Jon

Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Agreed. I might have one of those controllers in my pile, information on them is now exceptionally rare, and without things like those disks one is sunk. Also have an MTI ESDI Q Bus controller in my 11/73. It has its' own serial port that allows you to configure if you know the "HELLO"

Re: Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
it would be good to get it archived. I can do it if no one else volunteers On 11/5/19 9:10 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > If anybody has an Andromeda Q-bus MFM hard drive/floppy controller, I have > dug up the diags/utilities disk for it. > This will boot from the floppy on an LSI-11 or

Andromeda disk controller diag/format disk found

2019-11-05 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
If anybody has an Andromeda Q-bus MFM hard drive/floppy controller, I have dug up the diags/utilities disk for it. This will boot from the floppy on an LSI-11 or MicroVAX-II and allow you to format drives and run diagnostics. Anybody need this? I have no idea if the floppy is still readable,