DS5000->VMEbus->Ciprico->1.2 GB Sabre
George Robbins
grr at cbmvax.commodore.com
Sat Mar 2 17:25:31 AEST 1991
In article <1991Mar1.141024.16324 at mailer.cc.fsu.edu> bauer at loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Jeff Bauer) writes:
> A wild idea. We have a DECstation 5000. DEC sells a VMEbus
> expansion chassis. We also have some Ciprico controllers and
> CDC SMD Sabre 1.2 GB drives sitting nearby. Theory says they
> should all connect!
Theory, bah! Sounds like a death wish to me. If you wanna set
up a fileserver with SMD drives, the best bet is a DS5400/5500
with a nice Q-bus emulating controller.
I'm using Exsys converters to attached SMD drives to a HSC
attached to a DS5800, but the experience remains painful.
I'd stick with SCSI drives on the DS5000. You can send me
the Sabre's and Ciprico stuff, and I'll stick them in a Sun
or some other open architecture machine here... 8-)
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