1 Sep
2014
1 Sep
'14
4:58 a.m.
I'm not sure if this applies to your configuration, but for a few years I
ran a BA23 (or maybe even two BA23s) with a KDA50.
So it at least *should* work. You may want to check that you don't have the
somewhat dodgy power cable that is known to be susceptible to overheating.
Other than that, I can't imagine any problem.
I don't recall whether I had the correct back panel connectors. If you
don't you need to remember that from controller to drive you need an odd
number of cables (iirc).
Antonio
On 1 September 2014 11:24, Nigel Williams <nw at retrocomputingtasmania.com>
wrote:
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:06 PM, aswood at t-online.de
<aswood at t-online.de>
wrote:
please send me the board numbers. Orginal DEC or
Emulex.
Thanks Andreas, Ed Groenenberg has been helpfully guiding me through
the thicket that is DEC SDI, and it appears I need the KDA50-Q (QBUS
DEC SDI controller set - two quad boards connected via top of card
ribbons) or its equivalent.
If I interpret the manual correctly the two modules are M7165 SDI
module and M7164 processor module. These modules are connected via a
40-pin flat cable and a 50-pin flat cable. This pair needs 68W and the
manual suggests a H3490 expansion bay, but is this for the additional
power or just the slot capacity or both?
I'm a little surprised/impressed to see that DEC SDI can run to
50-foot cables between host and device.
As someone who has barely tinkered with DEC SCSI and never used MSCP
(does TK70 count?) DEC SDI seems quite exotic.