On Apr 21, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
The TK50Z. DEC used "Z" to designate SCSI,
though on later
products it
was the second letter rather than a suffix. The TK50Z which came
in -FA
and -GA variants with different firmware. The SCSI command set
implementation is atrocious; it will work with some host systems
and not
others. IIRC, the -GA was much closer to meeting the SCSI spec.
In 2001, Pete Turnbull posted here that the firmware for the -GA is
a 27C256 with DEC part number 23-261E6.
It might not be a bad idea for someone to archive that ROM image.
Does anyone have one handy?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL