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From: steve <steve@sj.co.uk>
Reply-To: steve@sj.co.uk
Subject: Re: Transputer <-> Hard disk interfaces
Organization: SJ Consulting Ltd.
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:22:25 +0000
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In article <0G9LvBA0JaV0EwHb@sunny.demon.co.uk>, Murray Elliot
<murray@sunny.demon.co.uk> writes
>Wow! innit quiet in here... no surprising really, anyway - for us still
>using them, what are the current options for controlling a harddisk via
>the transputer - any pointers would be most appreciated.

A few years ago, I built an OS-link <-> SCSI converter, but we never
shipped it, as we couldn't afford to waste links that way. If you can
cope with <20Mbits/s performance, the hardware and software are both
simple, and the processor load is minimal, even on a busy T2. Worth a
thought, anyway. I imagine an IDE interface would be harder to
implement. (SCSI fits _very_ cleanly onto an OS-link).

Hope that helps....

Steve