On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 kees.stravers@iae.nl wrote:

> On 2001-03-11 bqt@update.uu.se said to kees.stravers@iae.nl
>    >> How can I use a RA70 drive standalone? Is there a schematic
>    >>available  for a replacement panel? I just want port 1 to be
>    >>selected and the  drive to spin up.
>    >The RA70 don't need the unit sel atleast. You have eight
>    >dip-switches on the drive, and a "reset" button to load the value
>    >as the unit number.
> 
> Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately nothing happens when I set a unit
> number and hit the reset button. I tried several, without the panel
> connected. If I switch on the power supply, the drive just flashes
> its little ready and fault lights and sits there in silence.

Well, I didn't say anything about online or write protect, did I? :-)
Some small VAX cobinets have space to mount two RA70 internally, and they
have a limited kind of front panel with only online for port A,B, write
protect and run. That's why I know of the unit numbers on the drive...

	Johnny

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