20 Nov
2006
20 Nov
'06
2:17 p.m.
Anyway (thanks for your response btw), the 50-pins connector appears to =
be a standard SCSI port, at least that is what I discovered after =
measuring the 'ground' pin layout and comparing it with a standard 50pin =
- SCSI datasheet... The original Harddrive was a full size 3,5 inch =
model from a brand named Kyosho (the hardware is dated 1985 so I don't =
think 2,5 inch was around back then...) It only had a 26pin data strip =
connector (no power connector) (It's broken btw) which was hooked up to =
a little controller board (loose hanging in between boards) from SMS =
OMTI ( a famous name that is often found in accordance with SCSI drives =
and other datastorage devices (or so I read here and there))=20
I know nothing about that machine, I've never seen one, etc.. But I am
wondering if that 26 pin interface is a 'raw' one -- a bit like the ST412
interface, but packed onto one connector and probanly only supporting one
drive.
How complicated ins the Omti board? Could it do the raw (digital version
of the signal to/from the head) to formatted (user data as you'd send
over the SCIS interfac) conversion?
-tony