From: Terry Kennedy [terry@gate.tmk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 3:58 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: LVD controller cards for VMS

system@niuhep.physics.niu.edu writes:
> 	Are there any LVD controllers available for VMS?  I have
> a couple of KZPSAs, which is a FWD SCSI controller, but drives that work 
> with the old High Voltage Differential controllers are fairly rare and
> "only" 4 GB at max.

  Yes. See http://www.intraserver.com/products/6000series.html. These are
the folks that make the controllers DEC is using (as well as others). Be
sure to get the DEC flavor if you order from Intraserver (even though it
costs more) as Intraserver says that only the DEC flavor will work on VMS
boxes.

  Of course, each new SCSI standard (or proto-standard) introduces new,
incompatible, smaller, and more expensive SCSI connectors. This weeks
flavor is .8mm VHDCI.

  I use the folks at CS Electronics for all my SCSI cables. See:
http://www.scsi-cables.com/line/wdexscsi.htm. They'll make up anything
you ask for - last week I ordered a bunch of VHDCI to 50-pin Centronics
cables!

> 	Related question, I used to be able to get into Digital's E-Store
> or whatever they called it, and search for various types of hardware
> and software, including prices.  Is there something similar at the
> web site?

  No, unfortunately it's become useless. www.businesslink.digital.com only
has pricing, and I'm told it's hard to get an account because they claim
it's being replaced "any day now" (they've been saying this for a year or
so).

  And the main www.digital.com site keeps getting rearranged, apparently
to try to make stuff even harder to find.

  What makes this even more annoying is that the old Electronic Connection
is still at orders.sales.digital.com - telnet there and check for yourself.
It's even been updated to say Compaq Computer Corporation (the Compaq sale
happened long after this service allegedly shut down). Unfortunately, it
doesn't accept my old account (nor anyone else's that tried it).

	Terry Kennedy             http://www.tmk.com
        terry@tmk.com             Jersey City, NJ USA