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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VAX 750 and RP06s
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.210952.766@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 21:09:52 GMT
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In article <15696@venera.isi.edu>, britt@isi.edu (Benjamin Britt) writes:
> 
> How does one connect a VAX 750 to one or more RP06s?  The Hardware
> handbook says to use an Massbuss adaptor (MBA).  Is this a board
> or set of boards?  Does it directly connect to an RP06?

  It's called an RH750 and consists of a single module that goes in the
750 backplane, 3 BC08R ribbon cables, and a bulkhead connector. You then
need to get a Massbus cable (25' lengths are common, 40's exists, and the
50' and 100' lengths are virtually impossible to find). Run the cable
from the CPU bulkhead into the drive (the Massbus adapter on the RP06 is
in the wart-box stuck on the left-hand side of the drive).

  RP06's are "rather" outdated - perhaps you could grab some RM05's (256 Mb)
instead. I don't think an RP07 (512 Mb) will run on a 750, but I might be
mistaken about that.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, US
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	(201) 915-9381