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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]] | + | '''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. |
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Latest revision as of 19:41, 23 April 2024
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/CPU interface protocol used by DEC to interact with disks and magnetic tape drives for, amongst other computers, PDP-11s and VAXen.
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.
