I've had decent results with the ADAPTEC 4070's too. What I'm mainly
interested in is having a boxed drive, in this case, complete with bridge
controller, which moves from system to system, as I do with my native SCSI
drives. Unfortunately, there aren't any MFM/RLL drives big enough to be
interesting. Nevertheless, it's a pregnant vehicle for modularity in system
functionality. (almost sounds like gov-speak, doesn't it?) The idea is
that I want to house software packages in boxes of their own so they can be
run wherever there's a spot open.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: non-SCSI disks on a SCSI disk interface (was Re: Space, the
next frontier)
><OMTI (SMS) and ADAPTEC made quite a few of these SCSI-HOST to MFM or RLL
><devices. It seems to me that NOVELL capitalized on this proliferation of
>
>And Xybec.
>
><Has anyone ever used a SCSI-hosted bride controller of this sort with
><essentially no problems at all? If so, I'd surely like to know which one
><and how it was implemented.
>
>I have the following:
>
> Adaptec 4070 SCSI to RLL, use that with a quantum D540.
> Xybec 14xx in a CP/M system (SB180, with SCSI adaptor) (miniscibe 3.5"mfm)
> DEC TK50Z SCSI to DEC TK50 DLT tape on a Microvax VIA CMD200 scsi card.
>
>All work with minimal setup.
>
>
>Allison
>
Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 19:13:03 BST