I bought a SCM PCD-50B SCSI Card Reader from
http://a4000t.com for $62
plus shipping.
So far I have been unable to get it to work with either a DEC VS3100
M76 or an InfoServer 1000.
I was able to get it to work with a CMD CQD-220/TM in a PDP-11/73
system with RT-11 and XXDP 2.5. Haven't tried RSTS/E or 2.11BSD yet.
I have EPROM firmware versions F220Y1A8 / F220Y2A8 on my CMD
CQD-220/TM. The device configuration menu allows you to specify the
SCSI ID and LUN for each logical drive. For example you can specify
LUN 1 for the Compact Flash slot of the SCM PCD-50B.
With the CMD CQD-220/TM I found that I had to disable Synchronous mode
for the SCM PCD-50B or I would get errors.
The first example output below shows the CMD CQD-220/TM configuration
with Synchronous mode enabled and an error that occurs when booting
XXDP from RD45 configured as DU1: and attempting to copy files to the
SCM PCD-50B Compact Flash slot configured as DU0:
The second example output below shows the CMD CQD-220/TM configuration
with Synchronous mode disabled. In this configuration no errors occur
when booting XXDP from RD45 configured as DU1: and copying files to
the SCM PCD-50B Compact Flash slot configured as DU0: I was then able
to successfully boot from the Compact Flash slot of the SCM PCD-50B
and successfully run XXDP 2.5 diagnostics.
FAILURE:
--------
SCANNING SCSI DEVICES ATTACHED ...
DEV0: DU0 SCSI ID 0 LUN 1 SCSI Compact Flash 1.28
Disconnect ON,Sync Mode ON,Prevent Medium Removal ON,Write W/Verify OFF,
DEV1: DU1 SCSI ID 1 LUN 0 DEC RRD45 (C) DEC 0436
Disconnect ON,Sync Mode ON,Prevent Medium Removal ON,Write W/Verify OFF,
DEV2 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV3 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV4 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV5 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV6 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV7 SCSI ID 7 HOST ADAPTER, SCSI Reset ON,Density Mode ON,
CHANGE CONFIGURATION ? (Y/N) N
BOOTING UP XXDP-XM EXTENDED MONITOR
XXDP-XM EXTENDED MONITOR - XXDP V2.5
REVISION: F0
BOOTED FROM DU1
124KW OF MEMORY
NON-UNIBUS SYSTEM
RESTART ADDRESS: 152000
TYPE "H" FOR HELP !
.INITIALIZE DU0:
USER DATA ON DU0 WILL BE DESTROYED !
PROCEED?(Y/N/CR=N)Y
.COPY DU1:*.* DU0:
XXDPXM.SYS
XXDPSM.SYS
DRSXM .SYS ?WT ERR
SUCCESS:
--------
SCANNING SCSI DEVICES ATTACHED ...
DEV0: DU0 SCSI ID 0 LUN 1 SCSI Compact Flash 1.28
Disconnect ON,Sync Mode OFF,Prevent Medium Removal ON,Write W/Verify OFF,
DEV1: DU1 SCSI ID 1 LUN 0 DEC RRD45 (C) DEC 0436
Disconnect ON,Sync Mode ON,Prevent Medium Removal ON,Write W/Verify OFF,
DEV2 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV3 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV4 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV5 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV6 NOT AVAILABLE
DEV7 SCSI ID 7 HOST ADAPTER, SCSI Reset ON,Density Mode ON,
CHANGE CONFIGURATION ? (Y/N) N