On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, NetBSD Bob wrote:

> For the sake of discussion, how should/would they be nomenclatured?
> 
> sd0-sd13?

Yes.

[snip]

> Off the wall thought.... would a standard scsi cdburner like maybe
> one of the Phillips things work satisfactorily on a MicroVAX 3100,
> or would the MicroVAX be too slow to support the I/O.

Depends on the requirements of the burner.  Given that the DMA SCSI
support is only a few weeks old, I suggest you go and figure out for us
whether it can be done or not.  :-)

Has anyone had a chance to play with SCSI tape devices on their systems?
I've been soley focusing on disk drives.

[snip]

> Ideally, I would like a 6150 capable tape drive for compatibility with
> my other unix toyz, and, (dream on....) a reel-reel 9 tracker for some
> OT tape capability.  Whether or not I ever find a usable 9 tracker that
> I can afford, is another story.  But, it always struck my fancy as not
> being a real unix box unless those big tapes were whirring along.....

Hey looky thar, Bob has a MicroVAX 3100 hanging off his tape drive.

-brian.
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