Subject: Re: in need of a QBus SCSI card for my VAX 4000
To: Paul Thompson <thompson@mail.athenet.net>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@entropy.tmok.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/20/2001 22:10:37
Paul Thompson drunkenly mumbled...
> Keep an eye open for items like the Winchester Systems SCSI/DSSI
> converter. I got one for $30 on ebay.  I have successfully installed MIPS
> Ultrix on an old SCSI drive and booted my DECsystem 5400 through the DSSI
> converter.

i'll definitely keep that in mind, could come in useful one day.

> If DSSI support is lacking for your particular machine it is something
> that might prove useful eventually.

sadly this is the part that is biting me in the ass.  i've got several DSSI
drives, so the problem is NetBSD driver support.  the things run VMS great.

cheers,

-brian