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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to John H. Reinhardt   
   Re: SIMH + OpenVMS 5.5-2H4 standalone BA   
   18 Dec 25 02:30:13   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:08:24 -0600, John H. Reinhardt wrote:   
      
   > On 12/17/2025 6:53 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Google indicate that RA60's become DJ disk. Not sure why. I am not   
   >> old enough to know RA60's. Maybe someone else can elaborate on why   
   >> RA60's are DJ and not DU.   
   >   
   > Because they were removable pack disks.   
      
   I never understood the DEC disk naming scheme. Which were DJ and which   
   were DK? Which ones were “removable” disks, and which ones were   
   “cartridge” disks? Why did DX floppy drives become DY just because of   
   the double density or double sides (I forget which now)? How did they   
   pick letters for DM, DR, DU drives etc? Didn’t all the model numbers   
   begin with R, anyway?   
      
   Lawrence   
   still trying to figure out why some USB-serial devices appear on Linux   
   as ttyUSB, and others as ttyACM   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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