20 Mar
2019
20 Mar
'19
8:37 a.m.
I've used the SCSI2SD with great success with vintage DEC computers.
On QBUS machines, both vax and pdp-11, it has worked with Emulex UC07,
TD systems Viking, Andromeda SCDC and the DEC RQZX1 controllers.
I have used it on native SCSI controllers in VAX 3100, VLC 4000 and 64
bit ALPHA machines.
The only other point I would make is that you need a linux system with a
SCSI controller to move data in/out of the SCSI2SD.? I am using a 64 bit
Debian system and I found that the 32 bit SCSI2SD utility wouldn't run
on the 64 bit machine and needed to be recompiled.? However, I still use
a Windows 7 computer to setup the SCSI2Sd via USB.
Doug
On 3/18/2019 10:15 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
What is the experience with the SCSI2SD with old
computers? It looks to be
SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 compatible and I see a lot of reports of usage on this
list. I am curious about how well it works and which version to get.
Versions up to 5 seem to be GPLed and reasonably available. V6 does not
seem to have schematics or boards open sourced and I haven't seen a
supplier for them. The web page lists some sources, but they don't have the
V6 available.
It looks like the V6 is not open because someone used the design without
following the GPL.
V6 claims synchronous transfers, but I don't think most of my hardware
supports it. That consists of VAXstations and qbus scsi cards. If I was
after speed I wouldn't be using old hardware, but the speed has to be
consistent with the era.
Chuck