[HECnet] SSD for Vax

[Cory Smelosky]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Brian Hechinger wrote:

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:21:37AM -0400, Cory Smelosky wrote:

If you could SAS as pure SCSI, SAS/SCSI converters are dirt cheap. ;)

Links? It's an obnoxious thing to search for. :)


Oops.   I meant SAS/SATA.   They're dirt cheap as you just grab the right SFF cable. ;)

This is patently untrue. The 146G disks in my 4000/90 prove that. :)

I'd be surprised if you weren't using an adapter to attach an SCA
drive. I tried that but the VAX didn't like seeing my 36G 10k RPM
drive.   I also kept bumping it and shorting out the adapter on the
case...

I did, but that shouldn't make any difference. It's just adapts between
different physical connectors. There is no magic in a 50-pin/SCA
adapter.

I must've had IDs and termination set wrong then.


Iirc solid-state SCSI drives existed.

They did, and they still exist. They tend to be industrial grade stuff,
however and also tend to be silly expensive.

Yeah.

It's unfortunate, really. :(]

Yeah. :(


-brian


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