miket@bnrmtv.UUCP (Michael Thompson) (04/08/89)
Greetings everyone, This is a quick letter to update everyone where the SCSI Bus for the Unix PC is at and where it is going. From the volume of mail I have recieved in the last week it is clear we can't let the SCSI bus die out. I will start contacting the people on an individual basis for assistance in this project. It is clear that there are people more technically competent than I at both the software and hardware aspects of a SCSI adapter so I will be soliciting those people for a great deal of help. I am willing to be the central point of contact and maintain all the information on the SCSI adapter for later public distribution. If you can contribute to this effort and have not yet contacted me, please do so. My home address and phone number is given below if you care to contact me that way. Mike Thompson 26045 Duval Way Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Phone (415) 949-1707 I can be reached most of the evenings at that number. I am still tracking down a Technical Manual and the AT&T notes on loadable device drivers, but I hope to have those in hand soon. At that time I will be able to get a much better idea of the magnitude of work this project will entail. If it sounds like I don't really know too much about SCSI and Unix device drivers, you are right, but I am willing to at least learn. I really hope to function as a catalyst in getting the ball rolling, it is up to the rest of this network to make the SCSI adapter a reality. I have tried to respond to every email message I have received so far, but because the volume is getting pretty heavy I can no longer respond in detail to most of it. I will try to respond with a short message to all people who email me, so if you didn't get a response, please keep trying to mail to me. I may have not received the original message. I have to go now, but I will post another update next week when I know more about the people who are going to help build the SCSI board and code the driver. SCSI will take our Unix PC's into the 90's. Mike Thompson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Michael P. Thompson, Member Scientific Staff | ### | BNR/Northern Telcom, Dept. 4Z15 | #### ##### ######### | 685A E. Middlefield Road | ############ ########### | Mountain View, CA 94039-7277 | #### #### #### | PH. (415) 940-2575 FAX. (415) 966-1067 | #### ####### ######## | amdahl! --\ | #### ##### ###### | UUCP. ames! ----->-- bnrmtv!miket | | hplabs! --/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------