CompuServe Drives: Custom firmware?

[Glen Slick]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Rich Alderson
<RichA at livingcomputermuseum.org> wrote:
>
>> Happen to have recommendations for an converter? I don't have a massive
>> surplus of HVD drives so I'll need 1 of those as well.
>
> I like the Paralan products (we used them in the XKL Toad-1 to connect a DAT
> drive--later a DLT--to the HVD bus), but they run $300-$500 each new.  I don't
> know whether there is a used market.

Would DEC DWZZB-AA be suitable for this application?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171056347113
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390293227921

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/openstorage/KDWZZBUG.PDF