rms%acc-sb-unix.arpa@crnlvax2.BITNET (Ron Stoughton) (02/20/88)
Does anyone know what channel commands the 8232 actually executes? I have been told by one IBMer that it implements CETI, or a subset of CETI, but I cannot confirm this. Another source told us the 8232 was similar to CETI, but not the same. The order number for an IBM manual which describes the channel command set would be ideal. It has been stated several times on various lists that the 8232 emulates a 3088. However, since CETI control units I know about return "3088" as the device type for a Sense Identification command, I am wondering what the connection is between 3088's and CETI protocol. Perhaps they have CETI protocol under the hood, or perhaps I am just stupid and 3088 and CETI are synomonous. To be more precise, what I actually want to know is if I have a program which supports the full CETI command set (e.g., Intel Fastpath 9750), how far am I from being able to talk to an 8232? Ron Stoughton rms@acc-sb-unix.arpa
ELINSKY@YKTVMX.BITNET (Jay Elinsky) (02/21/88)
The 8232 *doesn't* use CETI channel protocol. It's like a 3088,
with an input subchannel and an output subchannel.
Jay Elinsky
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY