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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: HELP! scsi needed on DEC 5830
Message-ID: <19927@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 16 Mar 91 04:27:05 GMT
References: <795@llnl.LLNL.GOV>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <795@llnl.LLNL.GOV> trj@phoenix.llnl.gov (Terry R. Jones x39834) writes:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We're interested in connecting some scsi devices (optical disk jukebox
> and very high quality color printer) to a DEC 5830.  This brings up
> several questions:
> 
>  (1) Does anyone know of a BI-card that talks scsi?  (Note: the 5830 
>      doesn't have a Q-bus or Uni-bus.)  Any experience with it?

There is one board sold as a direct BI->Exabyte SCSI interface, I think
it was originally designed by Megatape and is now being marketed by
Clearpoint or both.

While I suspect the basic board could handle any SCSI peripheral, it is
probably set up with controller "microcode" to provide TMSCP emulation,
so providing MSCP emulation might require additional software development.

I don't know if they are interested in pursuing this option, I'd certainly
snap up one of their boards if I knew I could use it for SCSI hard drives
and CD-ROM.

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