Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2007 20:17, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I've often mused about investigating the 90x0
firmware to see if it's
possible/reasonable to make the "DOS Board" speak SCSI rather than SASI,
but that's one of those long-term projects that just hasn't come up in
the queue yet.
How much of a difference is there between the two, really?
I think there was an extra protocol phase added for SCSI, plus parity support
crept in at some point, as did a few extra commands (e.g. 'basic' stuff like
Inquiry). I don't think there's a clear definition between SCSI and SASI
though, as some early devices calling themselves SCSI are pretty broken by
modern definitions of the standard.
From scratch, it'd be possible to make a dual-purpose SCSI/SASI interface I
think - but taking someone else's SASI interface and hacking on the extra
logic necessary for SCSI might be more tricky.
Chris - you probably have something quite unique there. Whilst things calling
themselves SASI interfaces are common in old 8-bitters, this is the first I've
heard of one for the PC...
cheers
Jules