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DEC built a whole series of HSC controllers beginning with the HSC50 and ending with the HSC95.

See the following table for characteristics and upgradability of the HSC models:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;
! colspan="8" | DEC HSC Controllers
|-
|Model||[[HSC50]]||[[HSC70]]||[[HSC40]]||[[HSC90]]||[[HSC60]]||[[HSC95]]||[[HSC65]]
|-
|Introduction||1983||1986||1989||1991||1991||1993||1993
|-
|Peak I/O per s||550||1150||800||1300||1300||1800||1800
|-
|max. # of channels||6||8||3||8||3||8||3
|-
|max. # of devices||24||32||12||48||20||48||32
|-
|Upgrades to HSC60||||||x||||||||
|-
|Upgrades to HSC70||||||x||||||||
|-
|Upgrades to HSC90||||x||x||||x||||
|-
|Upgrades to HSC65||||||x||||x||||
|-
|Upgrades to HSC95||||x||x||x||x||||x
|-
|}

[[Category: DEC Mass Storage]]
[[Category: CI Hierarchical Storage Controllers]]
[[Category: SDI Controllers]]

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	2) If the HSC50 has four or more requestors, it requires an auxiliary power supply.		2) If the HSC50 has four or more requestors, it requires an auxiliary power supply.
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		+	== External links ==

	* [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/b/ba/EK-HSCMN-IN-002.pdf HSC Installation Manual] EK-HSCMN-IN-002		* [http://www.vaxhaven.com/images/b/ba/EK-HSCMN-IN-002.pdf HSC Installation Manual] EK-HSCMN-IN-002

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 ! colspan="8" | Configuration of HSC Controller Models
 |-
-|Item Name || Engineering Designation || Module Designation || HSC90|| HSC70 || HSC60 || HSC50 || HSC40
+|Item Name || Engineering<br>Designation || Module<br>Designation || HSC90|| HSC70 || HSC60 || HSC50 || HSC40
 |-
 |rowspan="2"|Port processor || K.pli || L0107–YA|| ---|| X|| --- || X|| X
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 |K.pli2 || L0124–AA || X || --- || X || --- || ---
 |-
-|rowspan="2"|Port link || LINK || L0100 E2 / L0118–00 || --- || X || --- || X || X
+|rowspan="2"|Port link || LINK || L0100 E2<br>L0118–00 || --- || X || --- || X || X
 |-
 |LINK2 || L0118–YA || X || --- || X || --- || ---

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 |}
-== HSC channel interfaces ==
+== HSC Channel Interfaces ==
 A '''Channel''' is a pluggable HSC interface to either hard drives, tape drives, or both, depending on the channel module. The number of devices that can be connected also depends on the channel module.
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 * '''HSC5X-BA''' (L0108-YA) K.SDI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 [[SDI]] DISK DRIVES
 * '''HSC5X-CA''' (L0108-YB) K.STI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 [[STI]] TAPE FORMATTERS
-* '''HSC5X-LA''' (?) HSC5X-BA WITH SUPPORT FOR [[TOPS-10]]/[[TOPS-20]] (18 BIT WORDS)
+* '''HSC5X-LA''' (?) HSC5X-BA WITH SUPPORT FOR TOPS-10/20 (18 BIT)
 * '''HSC5X-DA''' (L0119-YA) K.SI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 SDI DISK DRIVES OR 4 STI TAPE FORMATTERS
 * '''HSC5X-FA''' (L0119-YB) 8-PORT DISK DATA CHANNEL DISK/TAPE DATA CHANNEL (not supported by HSC50, HSC70, and HSC40)
 * '''HSC9X-SX''' (L0131-AA) K.SCSI [[SCSI]] DISK DATA CHANNEL (not supported by HSC50)
 [[Category: DEC Mass Storage]]
 [[Category: CI Hierarchical Storage Controllers]]
 [[Category: SDI Controllers]]

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 * '''HSC5X-BA''' (L0108-YA) K.SDI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 [[SDI]] DISK DRIVES
 * '''HSC5X-CA''' (L0108-YB) K.STI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 [[STI]] TAPE FORMATTERS
-* '''HSC5X-LA''' (?) HSC5X-BA WITH SUPPORT FOR TOPS-10/20 (18 BIT)
+* '''HSC5X-LA''' (?) HSC5X-BA WITH SUPPORT FOR [[TOPS-10]]/[[TOPS-20]] (18 BIT WORDS)
 * '''HSC5X-DA''' (L0119-YA) K.SI INTERFACE KIT TO 4 SDI DISK DRIVES OR 4 STI TAPE FORMATTERS
 * '''HSC5X-FA''' (L0119-YB) 8-PORT DISK DATA CHANNEL DISK/TAPE DATA CHANNEL (not supported by HSC50, HSC70, and HSC40)

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-DEC built a whole series of HSC controllers beginning with the HSC50 and ending with the HSC95.
+[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] built a whole series of [[Hierarchical Storage Controller|HSC]] [[device controller|controllers]] beginning with the [[HSC50 Hierarchical Storage Controller|HSC50]] and ending with the [[HSC95]].
 See the following table for characteristics and upgradability of the HSC models:
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 ! colspan="8" | DEC HSC Controllers
 |-
-|Model||[[HSC50]]||[[HSC70]]||[[HSC40]]||[[HSC90]]||[[HSC60]]||[[HSC95]]||[[HSC65]]
+|Model||HSC50||[[HSC70]]||[[HSC40]]||[[HSC90]]||[[HSC60]]||HSC95||[[HSC65]]
 |-
 |Introduction||1983||1986||1989||1991||1991||1993||1993