> On Sep 21, 2021, at 12:00 PM, Jonathan Stone via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > The RD53s in both Microvax 2000s are dead. I'm reluctant to buy more 30+ year > old rotating media. > If I'm going to buy a disk emulator, I'd much prefer SCSI to MFM, for the > obvious performance reasons. Emulators presumably act, performance wise, like SSDs. Given that, an MFM emulator will significantly outperform a SCSI hard drive since it has no seek delays. David Gesswein's MFM emulator works impressively well and is inexpensive, too. paul
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