RSTS / Simh disk drive confusion

[Fred N. van Kempen]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Paul Koning wrote:

> Similarly, I don't think that RSTS allowed mixing MSCP disks and TMSCP
> tapes on the same controller.  I don't really know that stuff -- it
> may be that no PDP-11 MSCP controller existed that would do disk and
> tape on the same controller anyway.
Correct.  They're functionally different, so cant be mixed.  Even
the aftermarket controllers with multiple channels (e.g. the Emulex
UC08 dual-channel SCSI-to-(T)MSCP) requires one protocol per channel.

--f