On 5/25/07, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
My old uVax II (in BA23 case) has been sitting around
idle for too
long and it's time to revive it or let it move on. Right now it's got
a TK50 or TK70 which works (can boot the diagnostic tape) and a flake
RD5x drive. After laughing at the prices the gougers on ebay want for
those drives, maybe it's time to shift gears and just go SCSI.
Q-bus SCSI cards aren't cheap from what I've seen on eBay. Another
option you might consider is ESDI. ESDI drives are more expensive and
smaller than SCSI drives (which are almost free), but Q-bus ESDI
controllers are usually a lot cheaper than Q-bus SCSI controllers, and
ESDI drives should be larger and cheaper than good working MFM drives.