New subject: Cipher 8xx parts

2 Dec 2003

...
 Yes, a KFQSA controller creates up to three MSCP
controllers;
one for each device connected (in my VAX 4705A, which only HAS
three drives.. it may support the full 7 drives..) 
It does... I've done it (back when I was doing some work on having
KFQSA in a qbus pdp-11 and running RT-11 on the disks it was
attached to).

...
 also using that address, indeed.  Most KFQSA's are
configured
to allocate as many controllers as needed, with the first one
sitting at the MSCP-default address, soo.. 
They don't allocate addresses as you put disks on... you have to
configure the board using the SET HOST command on a uVaxIII
(which is what I did).  I think you have to set the board to a
specific address to program it first, and once programmed you set
it back to the normal use address (there is a 4-switch switchpak
on the board)

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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