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KellyCriterionyesterday at 5:13 PM1 replyview on HN

this was 8.25" back then?


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GeorgeTirebiteryesterday at 5:45 PM

RX-01 DEC / IBM 3740 compatible was 77 tracks, single-sided, 128 bytes per sector and 26 sectors per track. Total 256,256 bytes. FM Modulation. 360 RPM. Disk to drive buffer: 4 µsec per data bit. Track-to-Track Seek: 6 ms. Head Settle Time: 25 ms. Average Access: Approximately 262 ms. 8" diameter diskette

One of these was used to load the microcode into the VAX-11/780 upon boot.

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