21 Apr
2008
21 Apr
'08
9:01 a.m.
silvercreekvalley wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before...
I have a few spare TK50 drives, and wondered if
these could be interfaced in some way to a regular
Linux box.
I know the PDP's use a special interface card, but
I seem to recall it was some kind of SCSI variant.
My reason for interfacing is that I have a few
TK50's on PDP 11's and it would be useful to
be able to transfer software.
The TK50 interface is not any variety of SCSI. The TK50Z drive is a
TK50 drive with a TK50<->SCSI bridge board. The TZ30 is a half-high
SCSI version of the TK50. You're probably going to want to look for a
TZ30. In my experience, it's a bit more reliable than a TK50Z.
Peace... Sridhar