24 May
2012
24 May
'12
8:23 a.m.
Hi, All,
I was going through a box of "interesting" cards last night and I came
across three cards that I'm looking forward to using:
o Dialog DQ37 - an S-box-handle Qbus SCSI controller
o Emulex QT131 - a Qbus Pertec tape controller?
o Emulex UC07 - a Qbus SCSI controller
I found the UC07 manual on Bitsavers, so I'm good there for setup and
configuration, but I was curious if anyone knows about different
firmware revisions I should be aware of or seek to put on the card
(I've owned plenty of Emulex communications controllers, and done
plenty of firmware swaps on those, and since they put firmware (ROM
chip) upgrade instructions in the manual, it makes me practically
expect to have to do something to it).
I could not find more than a couple of comments about the QT131, but
I'm reasonably certain whatever jumper settings are on there are a)
the defaults, and b) just fine. If anyone here has any experience
with the QT131 or even better, a manual, that would be appreciated.
As for the Dilog DQ37, I can find nothing except 3rd-party resellers
offering to sell me one if I click the "give me a quote" button. The
ones I have (2) appear to have the single-ended SCSI portion of the
board populated and have a large bare patch that, from the component
values on the silkscreen, seems to me to be for High Voltage
Differential. No biggie. I don't have any HVD drives anyway. I
don't own any S-box hardware, so "just plug it in an see what it looks
like" is not the preferred method - I'd like to know more before I go
further. I'm especially wondering if this is a TMSCP-only controller
or if it will do MSCP and/or TMSCP, and if there are any firmware
variations I should know about.
So... anyone here know about these cards or where to find docs
(besides the UC07 docs on Bitsavers)?
Thanks,
-ethan