Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Wiley_M_Sanders
From: Wiley_M_Sanders@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: How can I put rz55 SCSI disks on Q-bus MVII or VS3200?
Message-ID: <22954@cup.portal.com>
Date: 10 Oct 89 18:26:10 GMT
References: <987@dtscp1.UUCP> <22757@cup.portal.com>
  <11805@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <444@shodha.dec.com>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Lines: 14

However, you can buy any number of Q-bus SCSI controllers and then
slap pretty much whatever Random Cheapo SCSI Drive you want on that.
Lotsa drives are probably cheaper than RZ-55's.
  Getting DEC to service your particular combination of random cheapo
SCSI controller and random cheapo SCSI drive is another story. Plus,
you wouldn't want your SCSI controller manufacturer to go out of
business right before the ROM upgrade was necessary to maintain com-
patibility with the latest monthly version of VMS DEC is sending out :-)
  ^ These are my overall impressions after having bid and installed
a disk subsystem in my uVaxII. IMHO, it's a tossup right now between
ESDI and SCSI, although the SCSI technology is moving forward faster,
and, in my particular instance, DEC was less non-committal about servicing
ESDI than SCSI. We got an ESDI system and I'm very happy with it so far.
-w