25 Aug
2020
25 Aug
'20
3:30 p.m.
On Aug 25, 2020, at 11:46 AM, John Klos via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Thanks! That is good to know, as the power supply in my VLC has issues. As it stands,
the VLC was replaced with a VAXstation 4000/60 a friend gave me. I?m still using DEC
drives in a BA350 (originally a DEC BA353). At some point, I should simply move it to a
VM, as I?ve done with the rest of my DEC systems. I?d like to convert either the
VAXstation 4000/vlc or the 4000/60 back to being a desktop. Right now the 4000/60 is
mounted in a rack, and is my DECnet Area Router.
Zane
I was going to comment that the only way I could
see a 1U VAX was if someone rack mounted a 4000/VLC. Is that the stock VLC power supply?
My cluster doesn?t even have that much space.
What do you use to go from SATA to SCSI (SCSI-1 even)?
It's a standard 1U power supply with a custom adapter. You can see it better here:
https://twitter.com/AnachronistJohn/status/1294725819038752768
I use a SATA to IDE adapter, then an IDE to UW-SCSI adapter, then an UW-SCSI cable and
terminator, then finally a 68 to 50 pin adapter.
The previous drive was a Samsung SSD, but I think that constant, non-stop swap use wore
it out. This was the smallest new spinning rust drive I could find.
SCSI2SD would work for a while, but, again, swap usage would wear out an SD card in no
time, I'm sure.
John