[HECnet] VAX-11/725 with RC25 (was: Re: Reading RT11 files under Windows or Linux)

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2021-04-21 21:08, Mark J. Blair wrote:
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>> On Apr 21, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>> Anyone have an RC25 unit?  I have a few of them in need of imaging up before they are lost forever...
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> I do not have one yet, but I would be interested in buying a VAX-11/725 if one came along at the right price and location. I'm in Riverside, California, USA. I keep hearing so much ire directed towards the RC25, that I have a sick fascination with experiencing one for myself, and seeing just how much slower it feels vs. my 11/730.

The 11/725 is indeed horribly slow.
The RC25 is indeed just horrible.

But they are two different things. :-)

   Johnny

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