WTB: Emulex MT-02 controller

[Chuck Guzis]

> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:30:23 -0500
> From: Jules Richardson 


> Sigh.. no. I had it in my head that one of the OMTI 5300 / 5400 boards
> would do it - I checked though and they *are* QIC-02, but the interface is
> only SASI, not SCSI :-(

Or "brain dead" SCSI, in the case of the 7400.  Sigh.  I'm not 
turning up anything on the web on QIC-02-to-SCSI bridges.
 
> Hazy memory says that one vendor did do a QIC-02 - QIC-36 bridge, but
> including one of those *and* a suitable SCSI bridge in whatever you're
> doing might be a bit silly.

I think the QIC-bridges go the other way.  I've got a Wangtek QIC-36-
to-QIC-02 bridge board (QIC-36 is the "basic stupid" interface, while 
QIC-02 is the "intelligent buffered" interface).
 
> It does seem there were a few QIC-02 ISA tape controllers around, though -
> so you'd think that someone must have done a SCSI bridge!

That's mostly because there's nothing much on a QIC-02 ISA tape 
controller; just address-decoding logic and DMA and IRQ handshake; 
think something on the level of your basic IDE controller.  The 
smarts are in the drive.

Ah, well.  Time to look for a nice SCSI QIC drive.  Personally, I 
like Tandberg over Wangtek.  Anyone have any other preferences?

Cheers,
Chuck