On May 21, 2021, at 5:15 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 5/21/2021 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board
to replace a Hard Drive on a VAXstation or an AlphaStation? I?m thinking about using them
on some of my systems to reduce the amount of noise. I?ve gotten used to a quiet office.
:-)
Zane
I've got a SCSI2SD V5 in my MicroVAX 3100 M95. It sits on the SCSI bus along with the
CDrom drive and a couple of 18GB Compaq/Seagate drives. I've also got a SCSI2SD V6 in
each of my two AlphaSever DS10 systems. I had a few issues with the MV and an earlier
version of the V5 firmware, but the last few versions have been no trouble at all.
In the MV3100 I mounted the SCSI2SD on a 3.5" 3-D printed mount which is mounted on
a 3.5" to 5.25" mount and it's mounted in the front opening next to the
CDROM drive.
In the DS10's the 3.5" 3-D printed mount is put in the floppy opening.
This is definitely good info John, how is the SCSI2SD performance on the DS10?s? I?m
pondering using either an AlphaStation 200 4/233 or a AlphaStation 500/333 as a
workstation, rather than my DEC PWS 433a or my Compaq XP1000/667, simply due to power
usage, and heat generation.
I just placed an order for the initial 4 V5.2 boards I?ll need. Once they have V6 boards
back in stock, I?ll need to order a couple of those as well. These should definitely help
reduce heat, noise, and power consumption.
Zane