27 Oct
2003
27 Oct
'03
5:39 a.m.
I pulled one of these out of the trash a while back
and finally got around to trying it this weekend. I
installed three disks but it seems unresponsive. Maybe
that's why it was in the trash - but before I give up
on it is there anything unusual about the SCSI
interface on these devices ? None of the disks
responded to a SCSI probe.
-Dave
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28 Oct
28 Oct
10:56 a.m.
David,
I pulled one of these out of the trash a while back
and finally got around to trying it this weekend. I
installed three disks but it seems unresponsive. Maybe
that's why it was in the trash - but before I give up
on it is there anything unusual about the SCSI
interface on these devices ? None of the disks
responded to a SCSI probe.
There is nothing special about this box. It is a
standard SCSI
(narrow, fast @ 10MHz) bus cabinet, with space for 2 Digital
SBB's (storage building blocks) at 3.5" and one slot for either
another SBB, or a 5.25" device SBB, like a CD drive or a tape.
SCSI ID's can be set on the back.
I have a few of those, loaded with RZ28's (mostly), and they
work fine. *DO* remember though, that it they have a narrow
bus, so you can only use -VA SBB's; the -VW might work, but
don't always seem to.
Cheers,
Fred
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5:29 p.m.
There is nothing special about this box. It is a
standard SCSI
(narrow, fast @ 10MHz) bus cabinet, with space for 2 Digital
SBB's (storage building blocks) at 3.5" and one slot for either
another SBB, or a 5.25" device SBB, like a CD drive or a tape.
SCSI ID's can be set on the back.
I have a few of those, loaded with RZ28's (mostly), and they
work fine. *DO* remember though, that it they have a narrow
bus, so you can only use -VA SBB's; the -VW might work, but
don't always seem to.
These are the the sort of pizza box type things, right? ISTR that you're
not supposed to run 7200RPM drives in these due to heat problems. I know I
wouldn't want to run one in there very long.
IIRC, I finally got mine to work on a VAXstation 4000 a while back, but
haven't had time to do anything more with it. Personally I prefer a BA350
or BA356 shelf.
Zane
29 Oct
29 Oct
12:08 a.m.
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Zane H. Healy wrote:
These are the the sort of pizza box type things,
right? ISTR that you're
not supposed to run 7200RPM drives in these due to heat problems. I know I
wouldn't want to run one in there very long.
Yeah, the big flat pizzabox cases.
Heat would indeed be an issue
with certain drives.
--f
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