Q-bus (BA 23, BA123 & (with mods to the mounting hardware) BA213) SCSI
controllers.
What works (in particular with disks + MSCP + VMS), how well and what's
still about ?
What I know is:
CMD CDQ-220/TM supports disks and tapes, and works with RZ2x disks /
MSCP / VMS
DEC KZQSA-AA (aka M5976-AA) is the BA23 Q-bus SCSI controller
CMD CDQ-223/TM is a 220 with EMC shielding for a BA213 box
What I'm curious to know is:
- What boards were made and which are commonly available
e.g. DEC KZQSA, CMD CDQ-220, Dilog SQ706 ?, Emulex UC02 ?, Andromeda
SCDC-11 ?, ...
- The relative (to SCSI 1) performance of each of the boards
- Which boards are "dogs" : gotchas, tape only, unreliability /
electronics failures
And, some specific queries are:
- What is the difference between a CDQ-220/xxx and a CDQ-220A/xxx ?
- What is the functionality of a CDQ-243 (quad board, BA213 cab kit, 2
SCSI connectors) wrt a CDQ-220 / 223 ?
Regards
Martin