Hi Lyle,
Replying to a rather old message here. I expect I've somewhat missed
the boat on the Qbus SCSI card offer. I don't suppose there happens to
be one going spare, or if there's any chance of a second batch being
ordered?
Cheers,
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Steve Maddison
http://www.cosam.org/
2009/2/26 Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com>:
I was chatting with a DEC broker recently regarding
SCSI controllers for
DEC gear - when he mentioned that he had a quantity of Emulex UC07's
available.
UC07's are QBUS cards which have a single SCSI port and support either MSCP
or TMSCP (in RT land, that would be either DU or MU devices). The manual
states that the UC07 is compatible with RT, RSX, RSTS/E and Ultrix
versions which support MSCP or TMSCP.
The dealers initial price was high (as expected). However, he then
added - "I'd be willing to do better for hobbyists - as long as they
commit that the boards will only be used for hobby purposes - and not for
commercial use".
So here's the "deal": $235 per UC07 plus shipping from Mountain View, CA
(FedEx Ground).
I've paid MUCH more for SCSI interfaces for my DEC QBUS and UNIBUS
systems - so IMHO, this is a great deal.
The broker said he did not want to deal "individually with a bunch of
hobbyists" - so he asked if I would be willing to consolodate a single
order of UC07's to him. I reluctantly said "yes", as this is not my
business and I'm not interested in making money on this deal - only
covering costs.
To get a sense of interest, please reply to me privately if you'd like one
or more if these "critters".
The manual for the UC07 is available on bitsavers. A link to a bitsavers
mirror is below:
http://bitsavers.vt100.net/pdf/emulex/UC0751001-F_UC07_Feb90.pdf
Regards,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"