SCSI drives in VS3100/M76

From: Nick Oliviero <oliv555_at_arrl.net>
Date: Fri Mar 17 16:24:57 2000

I can tell you of some that won't work. I've got several DEC
DSPs, Seagate STxx's, and others which are just fine on
other systems but NG in my m76.

There was some reference recently, either here or on usenet
as to the reasons why. Maybe someone else can recall these.

I finally relented and bid on an RZ26 on eBay. Should be here
Any Day Now. Seems that the RZ series work just fine with
the Vaxstations.

............. Nick


Chuck McManis wrote:

> Hello ClassicCmp and Port-vax,
>
> I am trying to track down the compatibility of the VS3100/MS SCSI bus with
> "modern" SCSI drives. The case in point is that I'm trying to connect a
> SeaGate Barracuda (ST32550N) drive (2.54GB SCSI) to the internal bus,
> replacing a 426MB Seagate drive. When the drive is installed the system
> gets indigestion. I'm currently attempting to disable parity on the drive
> in case that is an issue.
>
> Has anyone done something similar? Is there some caveat I've missed?
> Obviously the DEC manual isn't much help :-)
>
> --Chuck
Received on Fri Mar 17 2000 - 16:24:57 GMT