Subject: Re: in need of a QBus SCSI card for my VAX 4000
To: Carl Lowenstein <cdl@mpl.ucsd.edu>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@entropy.tmok.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/20/2001 19:24:52
Carl Lowenstein drunkenly mumbled...
>
> We are all victims of history. SCSI started to become popular about
> the time that Qbus computers were fading out. So there just aren't
> enough old controllers lying around. And the ones that are still there
> have not gone down in price to match the average home computer budget.
poop.
> Actually, there is a CMD Qbus SCSI controller about to time out on eBay
> this afternoon. At $168.50 and still rising. Similar things from
> used-computer stores seem to run $700 and up.
yeah, that's quite a bit more than i'm willing to spend. i would go as far as
$50-$60 for a controller, but that's all i can justify spending.
so who here has enough electronics know-how to build a SCSI controller? i may
be able to dig up an electronics guy who may be able to do so, but someone
would have to write drivers for it. i'll let you know what i find out.
-brian