matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA) (08/24/88)
HELP !!!!!!
I'm considering a project to build a Hard disk interface for a computer
that normally doesn't have the capablity to interface to one. What I'm looking
for is a good source of info on actually building a disk controller for
any (or preferably all) of the following hard disk interfacing protocols
SCSI, ESDI, ST506, ST412, SMD
(to clarify things, I'm looking for info on the pinouts, power requirements,
signal timings, etc, for the above standards).
Thanks in Advance.
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Matthew Lee Stier (919) 469-8300|
Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27560| "Wisconsin Escapee"
uucp: {medusa, rti}!sunpix!matthew |simcha@humming.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) (08/25/88)
In article <226@greens.UUCP> matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA) writes: > What I'm looking >for is a good source of info on actually building a disk controller >-- >Matthew Lee Stier (919) 469-8300| >Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27560| "Wisconsin Escapee" >uucp: {medusa, rti}!sunpix!matthew | I would suggest that you contact the manufacturers of disk controller chips for their application notes, engineering notes, etc. Since you are going to have to deal with them anyway, you might as well leverage their expertise as much as possible. Simcha Lerner harvard!humming!simcha ^^^^^^^ not bbn All opinions are my own, but you are welcome to share them.
josef@un21 (08/25/88)
You might want to look into BYTE magazine. A couple of months (maybe a year or so) Steve Ciarcia had a couple of very nice articles on SCSI. He uses the NCR 53C80 SCSI controller in his design (of the SB180FX). If You need more precise information let me know. Josef Moellers c/o Nixdorf Computer AG Abt EG-3 Unterer Frankfurter Weg D-4790 Paderborn (+49) 5251 104691 e-mail: (from USA) uunet!linus!nixbur!mollers.pad (from elsewhere) mcvax!unido!nixpbe!mollers.pad PS. Use the e-mail-address from above for contacting me, josef@un21 is of no use! This space for rent for a nice disclaimer