[SunRescue] SCSI device w/ 1parellel and 8 serial ports

Mike Hebel druaga at pmail.net
Thu Jul 27 16:39:52 CDT 2000


>That is not SCSI. It is indeed a Serial/Parallel controller, the plug is
>much bigger than UW SCSI and connects to a special controller card. I can
>get you the exact kit info if needed. However it is useless without the
>controller and custom cable.

My mistake.  We have one here made by Digi that looks almost exactly like
what he's describing.  Oddly enough ours _is_ SCSI.  I have it currently
serving an old Vax application over terminal emulators.  It's plugged into
the back of an old Sun Classic.

Again - my mistake.

Sincerely,

Mike Hebel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <druaga at pmail.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] SCSI device w/ 1parellel and 8 serial ports


> This is most likely a SCSI terminal server.  We have a similar device here
> at work.  It's designed to create multiple serial ports via a SCSI channel
> to use as terminal/serial device resources.  Kinda like a Digiport card
for
> PCs.
>
> Mike Hebel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Simeon Johnston
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 3:37 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunRescue] SCSI device w/ 1parellel and 8 serial ports
>
>
> What is this thing.
> It has the sun logo, about an inch tall and has an UltraWide SCSI 2
> connector on one end and 1 parallel port and 8 Serial ports.  The only
> markings are the logo and "Serial Parallel Controller".
> Any info would be nice.
>
> Thanks,
> sim
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