<Sounds like a Maxtor 2190 clone.
usually says maxtor on the top and 2190 on the side.
<> Back to that SCSI -- the SCSI in the MicroVAX 2000 was for use only
<> with the TK50Z-FA tape drive, a 95MB cartridge tape system which looks
<> almost exactly like today's fancy DLT tapes (It's DLT's grandfather,
<> pretty much). TK50 is an extremely common format for older (early to
<Is that the 4" square (about) tape cartridge that i see a lot of
<occasionally?
Yes and you want one as they store 95 meg and it's a sorta default
smallvax tape. The TK50z-fa is a second box the same size as the one you
have. If you can find a external storage box (yep, another bix just like
that one) you have the full storage boat.
<No, but there are a 50-pin and a 60-pin header on the motherboard that
<are not presently used.
the 60 pin is the MFM-HD/Floppy connector and the 50 pin is a vaild pinout
for a 50 pin scsi.
<The VMS VAXcluster is not an option, but the netboot may be.
Also check out www.decus.org as you can get a license for VMS free. The
real trick is media as Montgar.com has the CDROM with VMS5.4 through V6.1
and a bunch of other stuff for 30$. Usually you can get someone to crack
the cdrom (it's DEC VMS files not PC compatable) to TK50. The alternate
is if someone has a VS2000 or MicrovaxII they can put the OS directly on
the rd54 and you can plug it in. Ultrix can often be found on old
machines as well if your into unix.
Allison
Received on Tue Jun 23 1998 - 07:41:10 BST