1 Mar
2008
1 Mar
'08
7:11 a.m.
On Feb 29, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
That'd be my concern as well. While I do like RT-11, my DEC OS
interests like in the areas of RSX-11 and especially RSTS/E. This is
where the whole "emulating an standard controller" comes into
play...and where I stall. I could easily build a Qbus ATA
adapter...but not so easily one that emulates something that already
exists.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
If anyone ever
produces a Qbus / IDE (or any other PC
current drive) controller, I will gladly enhance the HD(X).SYS
device driver for RT-11 to use a DU(X).SYS translation
type table.
Wouldn't the concern then be that it would only be supported in RT-11,
and/or it would not be bootable? One of the primary motivations for
me in this exercise would be CD-ROM booting. I'm seriously
considering an off-the-shelf solution for the ATA/ATAPI side to save
myself some effort. No sense reinventing the wheel.