6 Jul
2010
6 Jul
'10
2:47 a.m.
On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 7/5/10 1:05 PM, Christian Corti wrote:
Ok, I think that I have the right controller, but I still need the manual.
Google turned out that the SMD 2190 was used in Pyramid, Sun 1 and SGI
Iris systems, too. Maybe I can put the controller into a VME based SUN; I
have some Multibus-to-VMEbus adapters from SUN.
Christian
low-level format. It's an Interphase SMD 2190
(not a 2180) which is
built around an i8085. As I understand it the format differs from
controller to controller, is that right? Of course it would be much
easier if I could just hook up the drives to a Xylogics 7053 or 451 on a
VME based SUN machine...
So the big question is, has anyone a manual of or information on the
Interphase 2190? Would it be feasible to put the controller into an
Intel MDS800 (I know, but it's the only "real" Multibus machine we have
here...) ?
There's no standard on-disk format for SMD drives, unfortunately. I
think the only hope you have of a compatible on-disk format is to stay
within the same controller manufacturer, and then only if you're lucky. :-(