rick@sbcs.UUCP (Rick Spanbauer) (09/23/83)
A few questions for the net: 1. Has anyone out there in net.land written a SASI disk handler for DOS 2.0? I am in the process of interfacing a Micropolis 1304 50 mByte disk/Xebec S1410 SASI controller to my pc; any caveats/pointers on writing block device handlers would be appreciated (of course, if you have sources available for free, I would be forever in your debt if you made them available to me). ps - please, those of you who work for pc related companies, don't send me mail asking for $$ in exchange for sources!! I will send a nasty reply, write my own driver, and then make it available for free. 2. The next item probably been thrashed out long ago, but here it is anyways: Does anyone know of (or can recommend from personal experience) a C compiler which uses a 32 bit machine model for pointers, and has a UNIX like i/o library? Also, what is the preferred version of C (most widely used by this audience) for the pc? 3. I would also like to hear from anyone who has personal experience with one of the Sritek coprocessor boards (esp. the 16032 card). 4. Has anyone attempted to interface the Cipher 525CT floppy tape (~$500 21 mByte cartridge tape drive with SA450 floppy interface) drive to the pc? 5. I am also looking for a low cost disk drive expansion cabinet to house 5.25" drives. The cheapest I could locate was ~$2k. As you may have guessed, I am hacking up a home UNIX system.. Rick Spanbauer SUNY/Stony Brook