Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-12-07 21:14, Paul Koning wrote: On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: On 2015-12-07 20:36, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Paul Koning
On 2015-12-07 20:36, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: >> I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is >> more picky than some others, though, if I remember right... >> > Yes, RSTS/E installs

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread devin davison
Connecting a scsi dlt or dat drive is something i had not considered. I thought i would have had to buy and use DEC branded tape drives. I already have a scsi dat and DLT drive in use on my SGI octane. I could probally write the image with the octane and then move the drive over to the microvax

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Mark G. Thomas
Hi, On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 02:25:25PM -0500, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On 6 December 2015 at 13:24, Mark G. Thomas 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

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 12/08/2015 09:50 AM, devin davison wrote: Hopefully the DLT drive will be supported. the dat drive i have seems finicky at it's best. That, at least in theory, is the great thing about SCSI--it doesn't matter what the device is, so long as it implements a set of basic SCSI device-class

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > One detail on "it doesn't care what the tape is": RSTS kits on 1/2 inch tape > come > in 800 and 1600 bpi versions. They have different boot blocks, each of them > designed to work with all tape drives/controllers

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread devin davison
"So a 9-track open-reel SCSI drive should work just as well as a DDS, DLT, SLT drive." Oh wow. i had not even considered that. I have a pdp 11 with a beast of a 9 track tape drive in is's own rack, that would be interesting if i could get a scsi tape drive for the vax and use some big tapes to

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-08 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-12-08 17:02, Paul Koning wrote: On 2015-12-07 20:36, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is more picky than some others, though, if I remember

SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-07 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 6 December 2015 at 13:24, Mark G. Thomas 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 >

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-07 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-12-07 20:25, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 6 December 2015 at 13:24, Mark G. Thomas 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

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-07 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: > I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is > more picky than some others, though, if I remember right... > Yes, RSTS/E installs from TMSCP just fine (as can RSX-11/M+); I know that in simh you

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-07 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-12-07 20:36, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is more picky than some others, though, if I remember right... Yes, RSTS/E installs from TMSCP

Re: SCSI Questions (Was: "Re: Purchased a Microvax 3800")

2015-12-07 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > On 2015-12-07 20:36, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: >> On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist wrote: >>> I think all (modern PDP-11) OSes can install from TMSCP tapes. RSTS/E is >>> more