bin@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (05/14/88)
I have: A dead PDP-11/60, with a SI 9400 controller and two Fuji M228X disks (like DEC RM03's, I believe.) A live VAX 8200 with a Unibus. I'd like to rip the controller and disks out of the PDP and stick them onto the VAX. Anybody done anything like this? Or is this silly? I don't find, for instance, any mention of RM's in man(4), except in connection with MASSBUS adapters. No, I don't know what I'm doing, you don't need to tell me.
chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (05/14/88)
In article <325@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> bin@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: >A dead PDP-11/60, with a SI 9400 controller ... >A live VAX 8200 with a Unibus. I am not familiar with the SI controllers (nor with the 11/60 [yes, this wizard has never used an '11]), but if the 9400 is a Unibus device, you should be able to plug it into a BUA. It may not work there, however. A number of `Unibus' devices fail when put in a BUA. I know for a fact that Interlan NI1010s do not work (they pretend to work, but put garbage into memory). Of course, even if it does work, you will have to write a driver.... -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) (05/24/88)
From: Chris Torek <chris@mimsy.uucp> Date: 14 May 88 00:21:03 GMT In article <325@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu> bin@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: So *that's* what `bin' stands for :-) >A dead PDP-11/60, with a SI 9400 controller ... >A live VAX 8200 with a Unibus. I am not familiar with the SI controllers (nor with the 11/60 [yes, this wizard has never used an '11]), but if the 9400 is a Unibus device, you should be able to plug it into a BUA. It may not work there, however. A number of `Unibus' devices fail when put in a BUA. I am, but as usual, there are a few holes in my knowlege. We run SI 9900's on our 750, and used to run an SI 9400. They emulate a Massbus. I don't know if they will plug into a Unibus. Call SI, if they think they can make any money from you, they will gladly help, and I would recommend they do the installation for you; you get some nifty diags and formatting programs (our diags won't format our 9766; even tho it looks like an RM05, SI does it's registers differently). They may even let you trade in your 9400 for something else. Even if you can't use the controller, you may be able to save the disks. Is their anyway to connect a Massbus to an 8200? I know for a fact that Interlan NI1010s do not work (they pretend to work, but put garbage into memory). And into your mailbox :-) Of course, even if it does work, you will have to write a driver.... No you won't. You can buy one from SI. Cheap at $300 for 4.3 BSD. Also has online formatting/verification and bad-block updating. In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell <rbj@icst-cmr.arpa> National Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688 The opinions expressed are solely my own and do not reflect NBS policy or agreement My name is in /usr/dict/words. Is yours? P.S. Chris' name is not in the dictionary, but there is a submarine in Baltimore's Inner Harbor named after him, altho they spelled it wrong :-)
djh@cci632.UUCP (Daniel J. Hazekamp) (05/26/88)
The SI 9400 controller paired with the SI UNIBUS CPA can be used under 4.2/3 bsd unix with the 'up' disk driver. We have used both the 9400 and 9900 disk controllers with VAX 11/750's and 11/780's. SI also sells BSD and SYS V UNIX support packages which include new device drivers, and utility programs, which support such things as online formatting, bad-block remapping, etc. Dan Hazekamp Computer Consoles Inc. (CCI) Rochester, NY rochester!cci632!djh uunet!ccicpg!cci632!djh -- Dan Hazekamp rochester!cci632!djh Computer Consoles Inc. uunet!ccicpg!cci632!djh Rochester NY uunet!rlgvax!cci632!djh