Re: Burnable, patched Microvax-2000 SCSI-boot EPROM images?

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> 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