On 6 December 2015 at 13:24, Mark G. Thomas <m...@misty.com> wrote: > As much as I love old CPUs, I've lost my patience with hard disk drives. > I've been using AztecMonster (search ebay) CF-SCSI adapters, with several-GB > CF cards instead of spinning disks. The KA660 and several PDP-11/83s > here run reliably from CF storage. I see now there are SCSI2SD cards for > half the price of the AztecMonster CF adapters I've been using. These > might be an alternative, if they play okay with whatever q-bus SCSI > controller you find. Installing from SCSI CDROM and using flash > storage is definitely the way to go if you can get the parts. > That's great news to hear that the AztecMonster works on QBUS PDP-11s. I now know exactly what my future plans are...
But I have a "random" question for those here. I know some of the QBUS (and UNIBUS) SCSI controllers can act both as an MSCP and TMSCP controller. (CMD CQD-220A/TM for one example.) And I know that several of the PDP-11 operating systems install from tape, and can install from TMSCP tape (hello RSTS/E). What I'd like to know is: Is there anything out there that can emulate a SCSI tape device on a CF card/SD card/USB stick/what-have-you? Best regards, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request.