Subject: Re: SCSI on Q-bus
To: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/04/1998 02:18:17
  Same here...count me in...

     -Dave

On February 2, Rick Copeland wrote:
> 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