7 Dec
2015
7 Dec
'15
11:25 a.m.
On 6 December 2015 at 13:24, Mark G. Thomas <Mark at misty.com> wrote:
As much as I love old CPUs, I've lost my patience
with hard disk drives.
I've been using AztecMonster (search ebay) CF-SCSI adapters, with several-GB
CF cards instead of spinning disks. The KA660 and several PDP-11/83s
here run reliably from CF storage. I see now there are SCSI2SD cards for
half the price of the AztecMonster CF adapters I've been using. These
might be an alternative, if they play okay with whatever q-bus SCSI
controller you find. Installing from SCSI CDROM and using flash
storage is definitely the way to go if you can get the parts.
That's great news to hear that the AztecMonster works on QBUS PDP-11s.
I now know exactly what my future plans are...
But I have a "random" question for those here. I know some of the QBUS
(and UNIBUS) SCSI controllers can act both as an MSCP and TMSCP
controller. (CMD CQD-220A/TM for one example.) And I know that several
of the PDP-11 operating systems install from tape, and can install
from TMSCP tape (hello RSTS/E). What I'd like to
know is: Is there
anything out there that can emulate a SCSI tape device on a CF
card/SD
card/USB stick/what-have-you?
Best regards,
Christian
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Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove
STCKON08DS0
Contact information available upon request.