10 Feb
2024
10 Feb
'24
3:26 a.m.
On 2/8/24 00:59, Nico de Jong via cctalk wrote:
Maybe you dont know, but all the Qualstars I've met, are basically
Pertec. I've run some 1052's on Overland software.
The 34xx series has a SCSI - Pertec interface, so if you remove this
board, you have a Pertec drive.
Thanks'
Nico
Thanks, Nico. I have both the Pertec and the SCSI 1052 and 1260. I
know inside there is a SCSI converter. FWIW there is a SCSI to pertec
on both Kennedy and Cipher drives which will run Pertec when you pull
off the SCSI adapter on the back as well.
I have a system called Pick which some here know, and have Pertec 9
track software to allow the PC version R83 to access Pertec half inch
drives, FWIW. At the early stages we met with the founders in San Diego
about their designs as well (Overland). A friend developed and marketed
the Pick product with our engineering help.
Thanks for noting about the Qualstars. I have a skid of a mixture of
Cipher, IBM, Qualstar, M4 and some 100X rack mount as well as CDC. I
haven't gotten into the mode of seeing if they still work, but "they did
from 10 to 40 years ago".
thanks
Jim