TK50 with SCSI

[Sridhar Ayengar]

silvercreekvalley wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked before...
> 
> I have a few spare TK50 drives, and wondered if
> these could be interfaced in some way to a regular
> Linux box. 
> 
> I know the PDP's use a special interface card, but
> I seem to recall it was some kind of SCSI variant.
> 
> My reason for interfacing is that I have a few
> TK50's on PDP 11's and it would be useful to
> be able to transfer software.

The TK50 interface is not any variety of SCSI.  The TK50Z drive is a 
TK50 drive with a TK50<->SCSI bridge board.  The TZ30 is a half-high 
SCSI version of the TK50.  You're probably going to want to look for a 
TZ30.  In my experience, it's a bit more reliable than a TK50Z.

Peace...  Sridhar