Mass Storage Control Protocol - Revision history

Jnc: MSCP was a protocol that ran over other interfaces (LESI, DSSI, etc)

2024-04-23T18:41:15Z

MSCP was a protocol that ran over other interfaces (LESI, DSSI, etc)

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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 used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] ~~for~~ [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en.		'''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]].		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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2023-08-31T12:01:03Z

Add busses it used

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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 used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] for [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en.		'''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 used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] for [[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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	* [https://www.unix.com//man-page/bsd/4/tmscp/ BSD tmscp(4) man page]		* [https://www.unix.com//man-page/bsd/4/tmscp/ BSD tmscp(4) man page]

	[[Category: DEC ~~Peripherals~~]]		[[Category: DEC Mass Storage]]

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2022-01-10T21:44:15Z

+External links, TMSCP

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	'''Mass Storage Control Protocol''' (usually '''MSCP''') was a relatively sophisticated host [[device controller]]/[[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]] interface used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] for [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and VAX.		'''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 used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] for [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for, amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and [[VAX]]en.

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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 Peripherals]]		[[Category: DEC Peripherals]]

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2018-12-16T23:07:19Z

+cat, +links

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	'''~~MSCP~~'''~~, or~~ '''~~Mass Storage Control Protocol~~''', was a relatively sophisticated host-controller/CPU interface used by DEC for amongst other computers, PDP-~~11s~~ and VAX.		'''Mass Storage Control Protocol''' (usually '''MSCP''') was a relatively sophisticated host [[device controller]]/[[Central Processing Unit\|CPU]] interface used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] for [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape drive]]s for amongst other computers, [[PDP-11]]s and VAX.

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Jnc: Jnc moved page MSCP to Mass Storage Control Protocol: Full name

2018-12-16T23:01:55Z

Jnc moved page MSCP to Mass Storage Control Protocol: Full name

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'''MSCP''', or '''Mass Storage Control Protocol''', was a relatively sophisticated host-controller/CPU interface used by DEC for amongst other computers, PDP-11s and VAX.

==Technical description==
==Architecture==
==Nomenclature==
==Commands==