TK50 with SCSI

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Apr 21 14:06:19 CDT 2008


On Apr 21, 2008, at 2:43 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
> The TK50Z.  DEC used "Z" to designate SCSI, though on later  
> products it
> was the second letter rather than a suffix.  The TK50Z which came  
> in -FA
> and -GA variants with different firmware.  The SCSI command set
> implementation is atrocious; it will work with some host systems  
> and not
> others.  IIRC, the -GA was much closer to meeting the SCSI spec.
> In 2001, Pete Turnbull posted here that the firmware for the -GA is
> a 27C256 with DEC part number 23-261E6.

   It might not be a bad idea for someone to archive that ROM image.   
Does anyone have one handy?

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL





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