gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff) (04/18/88)
I would like to find out about possibilities of SMD interface to Amiga too.
Don't have the other persons message who also asked about this on hand. Not
that I'm really optimistic about success, but I've got these 3 Fujitsu 474MB
Eagle drives sitting here with 2.8 Meg/sec transfer rates. ho hum.
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The reason computer chips are so small is that computers don't eat much.louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) (04/18/88)
I believe that Emulex, among others, has a SMD SCSI disk controller. This is probably the most straightforward way to connect some eagles to your Amiga. I wish I had problems like this. Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (04/18/88)
In article <126@ssdis.UUCP> gsarff@ssdis.UUCP (gary sarff) writes: >I would like to find out about possibilities of SMD interface to Amiga too. >Don't have the other persons message who also asked about this on hand. Not >that I'm really optimistic about success, but I've got these 3 Fujitsu 474MB >Eagle drives sitting here with 2.8 Meg/sec transfer rates. ho hum. There are several ways to interface SMD hard disks to the Amiga, some more expensive than others, all of them more expensive than SCSI disks. Preferred method : Buy an Ameristar ethernet board and a used Sun 2/170. Using the Sun SMD interface connect to the disks, install UNIX, and then using NFS mount the SMD drives on the Amiga. (poof) Secondary method : NCR makes a SCSI to SMD interface. Talks SCSI on one side and SMD on the other. Mount that in a box with a power supply and connect it to a SCSI controller on the Amiga. You may need to write a driver for this configuration. Third method : Take the SMD drive to a swap meet and swap it for a SCSI drive of similar capacity. :-) --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.
pjm@lznh.UUCP (<10000>Paul Maioriello) (04/19/88)
NCR also sells SMD to SCSI adaptors. I looked into them once when I had access to some spare eagles. Let me warn you however; Be prepared to fork over some major coinage. Later, Paul Maioriello lznh!pjm