On 7 December 2015 at 14:29, Johnny Billquist <[email protected]> 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 can bring up Ultrix-11 3.1 only on TMSCP (specifically a TK50), at least if you want all of the packages to install. I've installed RSTS/E 10.1-L from MASSBUS, TS11, TM11, and TMSCP in my various experimentation with emulation, it really doesn't care what the tape is as long as your SYSGEN device is consistent.
> As for your actual question, that is outside the scope of the PDP-11. You > are asking if there is some SCSI storage, that physically looks like a CF > card (or so), but logically on the SCSI bus looks like a tape. > Yeah, probably my phrasing or organization was a bit off, but what I meant wasn't with regards to just the PDP-11, but with regards to a general device that looks like a SCSI tape device. Since such a SCSI device could, like you said, work on a PDP-11, modern x86-64 (if the SCSI bus is right), VAX, Alpha, et cetera. Cheers, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request.
