Subject: Re: Qbus EIDE adapter
To: Chuck Dickman <chd_1@nktelco.net>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@arkham.ws>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/23/2002 22:25:05
> - MSCP is cool!

yeah.  i second that.  also, the combination of MSCP being done in hardware
as well as software (think VMS clustering) is just one of the many things i
love about DEC.  they really spent their time and thought about things before
doing them.

> - MSCP is too complex for a few hobbyists to do in a reasonable amount
> of time.

this is a crying shame.  MSCP is such a glorious thing too.

> - Writing an EIDE driver for the various VAX and PDP-11 OS's still in
> vogue, is less effort than writing a faithful MSCP server. Especially
> since a true specification of MSCP is unavailable.

can source be had for everything?  i know megan would be able to very easily
add support to RT-11, but what about RSX and RSTS?

> - If you are looking for a replacement RD54 for your RQDX3 you will not
> complain about performance.

good point. :)

> - I am probably wrong.

no more wrong than i. :)

-brian