At 12:25 PM 1/9/00 , Wolfgang Rupp wrote:
>Screenager.2000@gmx.net wrote:
> > Chuck McManis wrote:
> > 
> > It's a KA630 MVII CPU. I don't have any code or floppys for it : (
>
>On the MicroVAX II you need the MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor (MDM).
>The software was delivered on TK50 or floppy, mine is on TK50. You
>boot from tape and get a menu for tests, formatting, etc.
>
>As somebody already pointed out, it's easier (and faster) to use
>a MV2000 and type "test 70". Booting from TK50 is *slow*.

But that have a performance impact.  the MV2000 uses a 2:1 interleave
while the RQDX3 uses a 1:1 interface (this means that MV2000 format
requires each track to read twice before the entire track can be read
and is thus twice as slow as the RQDX3 format).

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