Re: SCSI2SD

[John H. Reinhardt via cctalk]

On 5/21/2021 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:

Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a 
VAXstation or an AlphaStation?  I’m thinking about using them on some of my 
systems to reduce the amount of noise.  I’ve gotten used to a quiet office. :-)

Zane





I've got a SCSI2SD V5 in my MicroVAX 3100 M95. It sits on the SCSI bus along 
with the CDrom drive and a couple of 18GB Compaq/Seagate drives.  I've also got 
a SCSI2SD V6 in each of my two AlphaSever DS10 systems.  I had a few issues 
with the MV and an earlier version of the V5 firmware, but the last few 
versions have been no trouble at all.

In the MV3100 I mounted the SCSI2SD on a 3.5" 3-D printed mount which is mounted on a 
3.5" to 5.25" mount and it's mounted in the front opening next to the CDROM drive.

In the DS10's the 3.5" 3-D printed mount is put in the floppy opening.

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Re: SCSI2SD

[Adrian Graham via cctalk]

I know a lot of folk using SCSI2SD in VAXen with great success, and now
there's a new kid on the block that was originally for the Sharp X68000 but
is currently being heavily tested on 68K Macs and I see no reason why it
shouldn't work on low-end VAXen too. I'll be ordering one soon to try.

Home · akuker/RASCSI Wiki · GitHub 

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On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 21:41, Zane Healy via cctalk 
wrote:

> Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive
> on a VAXstation or an AlphaStation?  I’m thinking about using them on some
> of my systems to reduce the amount of noise.  I’ve gotten used to a quiet
> office. :-)
>
> Zane
>
>
>
>

Re: SCSI2SD

[Eric Dittman via cctalk]

On 5/21/21 3:41 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:

Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a 
VAXstation or an AlphaStation?  I’m thinking about using them on some of my 
systems to reduce the amount of noise.  I’ve gotten used to a quiet office. :-)


I've used one on a VS4000/VLC.  I didn't have any issues.
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Eric Dittman

RE: SCSI2SD

[Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk]

Zane,

I have one in a VaxStation. To be honest I can't remember which Vaxstation. I 
think it was the 3100/30 because it will only boot from a 1Gb or less drive and 
the SCSI2SD allows a lot of different config options.
Of course, there are lots of different Vaxstations with different SCSI 
hardware. There are many different SCSI2SD as well.
So as usual, "Your Milage might vary" 

Dave


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> Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive
> on a VAXstation or an AlphaStation?  I’m thinking about using them on some
> of my systems to reduce the amount of noise.  I’ve gotten used to a quiet
> office. :-)
> 
> Zane
> 
> 

SCSI2SD

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

Does anyone have experience using a SCSI2SD board to replace a Hard Drive on a 
VAXstation or an AlphaStation?  I’m thinking about using them on some of my 
systems to reduce the amount of noise.  I’ve gotten used to a quiet office. :-)

Zane

VAXstation 4000/90 Diagnostics

[Zane Healy via cctalk]

Is anyone familiar with the 4000/90 diagnostics?  It looks like it will fail 
the test of the LCSPX graphics board, if it’s not plugged into a monitor, or is 
missing a loopback device. Is that correct?

T 2 fails, but the manual makes it sound like I need a loopback
T 100 succeeds when testing the LCSPX graphics board.

The system had been a boat anchor until a short time ago, as the battery in the 
Dallas DS1287A RTC was dead.  Amazon just delivered two DS12887’s.  Once I 
replaced it, it came right up.  I was surprised to see I had a 4GB and a 2GB 
drive in it.

Now to dig out the mouse, and wait for the parts to hook it up to a monitor. :-)

Zane