Interphase SMD controller

[Christian Corti]

Hi,

I have three Fujitsu SMD disk drives that came from a Nixdorf machine and 
I'm looking for a way to read the data (sector based would be good 
enough). Recently I got hold of a Multibus SMD controller with a Nixdorf 
label and I hope this will lead me to some conclusions about the low-level 
format. It's an Interphase SMD 2190 (not a 2180) which is built around an 
i8085. As I understand it the format differs from controller to 
controller, is that right? Of course it would be much easier if I could 
just hook up the drives to a Xylogics 7053 or 451 on a VME based SUN 
machine...
So the big question is, has anyone a manual of or information on the 
Interphase 2190? Would it be feasible to put the controller into an Intel 
MDS800 (I know, but it's the only "real" Multibus machine we have 
here...) ?

Christian