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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Unibus Adapter for 6410?
Keywords: VAX-BI, Unibus, Plotters
Message-ID: <9260@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 9 Jan 90 11:21:12 GMT
References: <894@soleil.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <894@soleil.UUCP> eam@soleil.UUCP (Ed A. Mills) writes:
> We find ourselves with a VAX 6410, a VAX-Station 3100, and a 42" Versatec
> plotter with no apparent way to interconnect the plotter to either host.
> Please send me mail if anyone knows how to efficiently (cheeply) connect
> the plotter to one or both hosts?  

Ya didn't say VMS or Ultrix, so I'll assume you mean Ultrix.

I see a few options -

1) get DEC to admit whether the Ultrix Unibus stuff still works on the
   6400 series even though it's "not supported".  The BI->Unibus hardware
   is the same as on other BI based systems so there's no obvious reason
   why not.

2) Buy a Versatec VPS ethernet plotter server...

3? Buy a used 750 for a song, or if Versatec has a Q-bus I/F a Microvax II.
   You could also probably pick up a Sun 2 and a Sytek plotter interface
   pretty cheap.

4? Investigate 3-rd party plotter controllers.  There's something called
   (I think) as KMW box that is frequently used in the PC world that
   provides a serial/parallel I/F.  I don't know if there's anything
   SCSI or the like available.

-- 
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