On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:25 PM, devin davison <lyokob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I purchased a m7769 DSSI controller card online, so that is one more step > in the direction of getting the machine all together. Still waiting to find > the controller for the tape drive and a dssi hard drive, although they look > to be pretty affordable on ebay. > > Just figured id post about it here, to show my progress twords getting it > running. > > http://postimg.org/gallery/fztxjqbe/ > > --Devin
Those pictures show an H3602 console panel for an M7626 KA660 VAX 4000 Model 200 CPU. That CPU (and also the M7624 KA640 MicroVAX 3300/3400 CPU which uses the same H3602 console panel) has a built in DSSI controller so there shouldn't be a real need to add a separate M7769 KFQSA DSSI controller. An M7559 TQK70 controller should be easy and cheap to find, but that's the last thing I would spend money on myself. Dealing with TK50 / TK70 drives has never been worth the bother for me. If I already had a working DSSI disk drive to use but no way to load software I would consider buying an M5976 KZQSA SCSI controller which can be used with a SCSI CD-ROM drive to install software. (Make an offer on this one maybe: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151702502097 ) If I didn't already have a working DSSI disk drive to use I might consider buying a general purpose SCSI controller such as an Emulex UC07 which can be used with both SCSI disks and CD-ROMs. There are some on eBay around the $200 range. http://www.ebay.com/itm/161129117629 http://www.ebay.com/itm/141122593003 I don't have any Emulex SCSI controller myself. I have several CMD and Dilog SCSI controllers which work well.
