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Subject: BA bus add-on for VAXstation
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Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 10:49:00 EST
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One of our group has purchased a VAXstation workstation. He wants to get
a BA bus ("lower BA23" as described in the Options manual) and connect this
to his workstation so that he can attach things like tape drives (normal
magtape, not TK50). I know very little about VAXstations and expanding the
Qbus system. Does anyone have experience with this setup? How straightforward
is it to do this on a VAXstation and what caveats should I be aware of?

Any advice and/or war stories would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks in
advance.

Ruth Milner
University of Toronto Physics
SYSRUTH@UTORPHYS (BITNET)