SCSI-based floppy drives (3.5 or 5.25)

I seem to remember these as being bridge controllers from a SCSI host-port to the FDD's. The company I associate with this phonetic spelling has no 'P' in the name, i.e. it's OMTI, at that time a subsidiary of SMS. Because of the vintage, it would be wise to get some documentation to ensure that the firmware on your host board will communicate over the channel this board requires. I've got numerous SCSI<=>hard-disk boards from various vendors of the time, all claiming to be SCSI-compatible, and not a one of them will work on a SCSI adapter to a PC, be it from NCR, ADAPTEC, IOMEGA, DTC, WD, or TRANTOR. All of my boards were made before the original SCSI standard was adopted in 1986. The hardware appears to be compatible, however, so if you have any flexibility at your host-adapter firmware end, you may be able to use the OMTI boards. That time-frame seems to align more or less with the INMOS doc's I've had around from time to time regarding their Transputers, so I'd say there's cause for hope, if not optimism. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: Ram Meenakshisundaram &lt;rmeenaks(a)olf.com&gt; To: &lt;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&gt; Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:44 AM Subject: Re: SCSI-based floppy drives (3.5 or 5.25)