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