Re: TK85-BX drive
From: Paul Repacholi (prep_at_prep.synonet.com)
Date: 01/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:18:52 +0800
"Hans Vlems" <hvlems.nieuw@zonnet.nl> writes:
> "Ben" <cellctl@lycos.com> schreef in bericht
> news:dd8c4466.0401252041.44bf5e80@posting.google.com...
>> I recently was given a VAX 4000-400, and am selling off some of the
>> parts. However, as I've been looking for a tape drive, I'm
>> thinking about keeping the drive. It's a TK85-BX, mounted in a
>> drive cage with a DSSI connector on the end. My question is: is
>> this drive truly DSSI, or is it SCSI with a DSSI controller stacked
>> on. (in which case it should be easily removed and set up for scsi
>> functionality...?)
> The TK85 model indicates that it is a SCSI drive, DSSI models were
> called TF85 IIRC.
The 85, and possibley the 86, used a drive plus an interface board.
A TK85 plus a SCSI board gives you a TZ85, a DSSI board, a TF85.
You also need to fondle firmaware, sacrifice the right chicken etc...
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