RL02 (original) (raw)

RL01 and RL02 drives are moving head magnetic disk drives manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation for the PDP-8 and PDP-11 microcomputers. The RL01 and RL02 drives stored approximate 5MB and 10MB respectively, utilizing a removable data cartridge. The drives are typically mounted in a standard 19" rack and weigh 34 kg. Up to four RL02 or RL01 drives may be used, in any combination, from a single controller. Typically an RL11 in the case of a Unibus PDP-11 and an RLV11 or RLV12 in the case of a Q-bus PDP-11. On the PDP-8/a the controller is an RL8A which consists of an M8433 Hex wide Omnibus card.