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Re: How can I put rz55 SCSI disks on Q-bus MVII or VS3200?

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From: Alan's Home for Wayward Notes Fi...
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1989 22:26
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In article <11805@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) writes:
> I see that the VS3520 is in a BA213 box (Q-bus), and it uses rz55 SCSI disks.
> If it can do it, perhaps my MVII/GPX and VS3200 can do it too if I bought
> the right Q-bus controller?  

	If it used a Q-bus SCSI controller you *might* be able to
	do that.  It doesn't.  The VS3520/3540 use a more tightly
	coupled I/O module.  I think it also has the Ethernet
	controller on it.

> -- 
> -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu
>  129.97.128.64    Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada


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From: alan@shodha.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
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Subject: Re: How can I put rz55 SCSI disks on Q-bus MVII or VS3200?
Summary: No DEC SCSI controllers for the Q-bus.
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Date: 6 Oct 89 22:26:13 GMT
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