I?m using v5.1 on a PDP-11/23 with an Emulex UC07 and it works well. I haven?t tried it on any other systems though. Get Outlook for iOS On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:32 AM -0400, "Sven Schnelle via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: Hi, On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 10:15:48PM -0400, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote: I own the V6 of this thing, and mostly used it with my HP9000/300 systems. In the beginning i had some trouble with HP-UX running from it, but there were some updates in the source repo end of last year which fixed these issues. I never had a V5, so i can't compare. It's partly open-source. The source code for the ST micro controller is open, but the FPGA part not. Only a binary blob is in the source repository. Regards Sven

I too have been using these for a few years; also on mostly 90s workstations and servers (Sun, SGI, Alpha, Apple, etc). I think I have about a dozen or so V5 boards. I've not tried the V6, as I've heard numerous stories of poor compability. The multi-mode emulation works fine. I booted my Sun SPARCStation 10 from a Solaris ISO using CD-ROM emulation mode and installed the OS onto an emulated HDD running on the same SCSI2SD. --- Jim Stefanik Dallas Vintage Computing Center ________________________________ From: Sophie Haskins via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 07:58 To: Charles Dickman; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: SCSI2SD: Is it worth a try? I've had pretty great luck with using SCSI2SDs in my various mostly-90s workstations (https://blog.pizzabox.computer/, among a few others). In a few cases (VAXstation 4000 VLC, Quadra 610) you need to put the settings to emulate a "real" model of drive, but otherwise compatibility has been pretty good. Someone later in the thread mentioned tape support - I haven't used it, but the configuration utility has the option to set a given SCSI ID to present itself as a tape drive. I have a feeling I'm gonna need to explore this when I get around to trying to get my Sun 3/80 running... Sophie -----Original Message----- From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Charles Dickman via cctalk Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:16 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: SCSI2SD: Is it worth a try? 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

FWIW, there are a couple of Addonics AEC7722 adapters (SCSI-to-IDE) selling for $50-70 on eBay. Don't know a thing about them, though. --Chuck

They are very particular, and you need to be careful. I have one in DVD drive and it won't work with normal single ended SCSI only LVD. Dave

The system I use (OSX) to mange the SCSI2SD cards configuration and firmware doesn't have a SCSI.? I'd think of it more as a "nice to have" than a requirement.? The V6 cards allow data exchange via USB2. If you have the appropriate images, you can just DD the data directly to the microSD cards on OSX and Linux.? I move and backup images for RT11,? XXDP,? NeXT (Intel and 68K),? SunSparc, Linux and VMS this way.? The V5 cards have shown themselves to be quite versatile in my shop. ?? Jerry On 3/20/19 10:37 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: