27 Nov
2008
27 Nov
'08
5:56 a.m.
Oliver Lehmann wrote:
Jules Richardson wrote:
While it wouldn't be universal... at least for certain platforms,
wouldn't it be simpler to replace the MFM controller chip(s)
with a circuit that simply accessed an IDE or SCSI disk instead ?
i.e. replacing the MFM chip in an AT&T 3B1 with a daughter
board that then had a 50 pin IDC header on it for connecting to
a SCSI disk (or disks) ?
How hard would that problem be ?
It wouldn't be a universal application... would only work effectively
with systems with socketed (or at least through hole) chips... but
I'd think it would be much simpler, no ?
Anyone ever attempt something like that ?
-- Curt
I believe there are only a
couple of commercial solutions out there (serious $$$), and it's a problem
that the hobbyist movement hasn't cracked (except on paper) yet.
The problem is, that you need serious computing power to do it the other
way round (And I'm looking for an "attaching IDE or SCSI disks to a ST506
controller" solution as well)