[HECnet] SCSI2SD for our vintage HECnet systems?

[Jason Brady]

Hi Mark,

Good to know...and thanks for the V5 vs. V6 tidbit.

Found something on the Interweb from "Clark's Blog" about resurrecting the
VAXen
https://blog.deadvax.net/2015/10/01/scsi2sd-part-2-of-resurrecting-the-vaxen/

is the following link for "*The SCSI Hard Drive Emulator for retro
computing."*
http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD

Will look into this more very soon, as one of the old hard drives
periodically whines a bit.

Thanks again,
Jason

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM Mark Matlock <mark at matlockfamily.com>
wrote:

> Jason,
>     I can't specifically comment on the compatibility of SCSI2SD with
> Alphas, but I have four PDP-11s and two MicroVAXes using them for
> several years now. The V5 units have worked well for me. I had some
> issues with the early V6 units but those problems may be resolved by
> now. I usually install two of them to be able to do disk to disk
> backups. This has saved me a lot of time in fixing software related
> issues.
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
> On 11/13/19, Jason Brady <jrbrady65 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > In the interest of keeping our HECnet systems up and running, has anyone
> > had experience with replacing hard drives with a SCSI2SD device?
> >
> > This is for an AlphaStation 400 4/233 with 2Gb RZ28E and M drives
> (Seagate
> > ST32430N and Quantum), 50-pin connector. Also a DEC 3000 M400 with an
> RZ26
> > 1Gb drive.
> >
> > Are the SCSI2SD units fully compatible and reliable?
> >
> > Can you recommend a particular model/brand that works well with our
> vintage
> > DEC systems?
> >
> > If this has been addressed previously, appreciate a pointer to the
> > discussion.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Jason
> >
>
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