[cctalk] Re: DEC RM03 / CDC 9762

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jul 25, 2024, at 5:59 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> we now have a RM03 drive, but are missing all the cables and the RH11 
> backplane, though I have the cards.
> Since the drive itself is a CDC 9762 I was wondering if I could ignore the 
> Massbus adapter in the drive cabinet and use the CDC as a "normal" SMD drive 
> (at least it uses the standard 60+26 pin cables).
> There are no service manuals/schematics of the drive itself, so I can't look 
> there. And all I could find on the net were discussions of using the Massbus 
> adapter for normal SMD drives but in my case, I don't want Massbus at all.

Sure there are online manuals; look here https://bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/discs/ 
-- I see 9762 mentioned in the "smd" subdirectory and there is also an 
"smd_interface_specs" subdirectory.

        paul