Jerome Fine replies: I realize this may be a very dumb question, BUT if I have an ST506 Qbus controller (either DEC RQDX1,2,3 OR 3rd party compatible like Dilog or Emulex), would it be possible to change the 34/20 pin cables (NOTE: On the Emulex DM01, there is already ONLY a SINGLE 50 pin cable which is split 34/8/8) and connect those cables in some manner to an IDE drive? You seem to imply (I am probably very wrong) that a IDE drive might be connected to the same interface which would also accept an ST506 drive on the Western Digital controller. Just thought I would ask? Sometime a very dumb question has a better result than we even might hope for. Sometime about 6 months back, someone mentioned doing a Qbus interface for the IDE drives, but that it would likely have to wait until the copyright by DEC on the MSCP interface expires in about 2 years since the $ US 100 license fee would be prohibitive. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine RT-11/TSX-PLUS User/Addict

Massive. Tony, please. Massive was the Bell Labs AT with three Fujitsu Eagles on it. It ran a WD SMD controller. Would've loved to see Xenix on that beast. It was running DOS. Bill --- " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" -David Filo, Yahoo!

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