6 Jan
2018
6 Jan
'18
11:53 a.m.
On 01/06/2018 04:51 AM, shadoooo via cctech wrote:
Hello,
I have some doubt about DEC tape units and related interfaces.
What I know about (right or wrong, please correct):
- TU80 is a Pertec drive, it needs M7454 (unibus, TS11 driver) which is a
modified Dilog DU132. No option for QBUS.
Well, not from DEC. I did have a Pertec
T9000 (same as
TU45) on my uVAX system, using an MDB MLSI-TM11 controller.
It emulated the DEC TM11, which was never available in a
Q-bus version. However, even with my limited VMS driver
skills, I was pretty easily able to get the TM11 driver
converted to work on Q-bus.
I also figured out how to set up a system so the
non-volatile config memory could be accessed via the uVAX
console monitor.
I do have source and .exe of that driver, but it is for a
VMS 4.7 system.
Jon