Subject: Re: Any spare Qbus cdrom cards for an RRD42 drive around?
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 12/20/2000 16:12:40
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 10:15:12AM -0500, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > Any disk capable SCSI card will work for the RRD42 or RRD43. A Viking Q=
TD=20
> > card can be had from re-sellers on the net. Or you can wait for one to =
fall=20
> > out of the sky (happens a lot around scrap yards). Needless to say thes=
e=20
> > cards also enable one to use cheap and plentiful SCSI disks on your VAX=
en=20
> > so are greatly cherished by those of us keeping VAXen alive :-)
>=20
> Ahhh, so if I am interpreting you correctly, I can merely set the ID of
> the RRD42 to 4 (where it usually is) and hang it off my Dilog SCSI card?
> Gee, if that is the case, that is quite fortunate.  I was thinking it
> required a special cdrom card on the Qbus.

I've operated a RRD42 on my Amiga 3000 "back then", until the owning
institution demanded it back.

Thats quite fortunate... it is single speed. If at all.

	-is

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