SCSI emulator
Wolfgang Eichberger
oe5ewl at gmail.com
Fri Nov 5 14:18:34 CDT 2010
scsi with avrs sounds interesting. found following links - i think
this should be enough stuff for inspiration ;)
http://micha.freeshell.org/ramdisk/index.php
^^^ there should be enough stuff in my grab-box; would be a nice project...
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2001/sjk26/Default.htm
http://micha.freeshell.org/pcmcia_drive/index.php
73s
wolfgang
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Wolfgang Eichberger - OE5EWL
Operating System Research
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2010/11/5 Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>:
> On 11/5/10 2:01 PM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Never. That's why I'm so interested. Seems something interesting to
>>>> loose some time. Who knows I can create a sd-card-to-scsi bridge? :)
>>>
>> Oh no!! Beat him senseless!
>>
>> He had a 9mm pistol on his hand, I don't think it would be smart :(
>
> :-(
>
>>> There is no strange formatting, in the way that we normally think of
>>> "formatting". It is not possible to reach those levels of a SCSI
>>> device, so there are no incompatibilities. The host says "give me
>>> block number 5324985", and sometime later, the target hard drive says
>>> "hey host, here's the data for block number 5324985 that you asked
>>> for". Zero format compatibility issues.
>>
>> This is **VERY** interesting. I think I'll buy a zip drive tomorrow and
>> one or two zip disks and begin to read/write things to see how it works.
>> So bad I'll stay "grounded" for about 2 to 3 months before my new lab
>> gets ready :(
>>
>> I'll do something even on kitchen table :D
>
> If memory serves, you are an AVR guy. You can easily bit-bang the SCSI
> protocol from a microcontroller. I think there are people here who have
> done it. I've looked at it and it doesn't seem like it'd be terribly
> difficult.
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire
> Port Charlotte, FL
>
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