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'''Mass Storage Control Protocol''' (usually '''MSCP'''; sometimes given as '''Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol''', '''TMSCP''', when [[magnetic tape]] is involved) was a relatively sophisticated host [[device controller]]/[[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] interface [[protocol]] used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] to interact with [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en.

It ran over a number of different lower layers for the physical connection to the drive(s), including [[Standard Disk Interconnect]], [[Low End System Interconnect]], and [[Digital Storage Systems Interconnect]].

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==External links==

* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/uda50/AA-L619A-TK_MSCP_BasicDiscFnsV1.2_Apr82.pdf MSCP Basic Disk Functions Manual  Version 1.2 ] (AA-L619A-TK)
* [https://www.unix.com//man-page/bsd/4/tmscp/ BSD tmscp(4) man page]

[[Category: DEC Mass Storage]]