Subject: Re: SCSI on Q-bus
To: emanuel stiebler <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/02/1998 09:17:36
Emanuel,

You develope one that works and I will buy one if the price is under $200.

Rick Copeland


At 08:51 AM 2/2/98 -0700, emanuel stiebler wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>what is a "realistic" price for a Q-bus SCSI controller supperted by NetBSD
>?
>Looks like i'm the only one who hasn't one. But i have something about 10
>SCSI disks here.
>I e-mailed DILOG, but the price of 1700 $ is more than i like to spend.
>(more than 1500 to much...)
>
>What makes this scsi so expensive ?
>Is there a patent on this MSCP, TMSCP protocols ?
>
>I'm thinking about developing one for the q-bus, should be cheaper than
>.., and i could use my disks here.
>(its not my first one, i build such stuff on vme-bus before)
>
>thanks,
>emanuel
>
>
Rick Copeland