29 Dec
2003
29 Dec
'03
2:10 a.m.
On Monday 29 December 2003 11:00, Ethan Dicks wrote:
With Digital's patent's on MSCP expired or
nearly so, I wonder what
it would take to build a converter to attach to a
UDA-50/KDA-50/KDB-50... The interface chips and cables could be
scavenged from a dead RA81, but I have no idea what it would take to
build a box that spoke SCSI or IDE out one end, and SDI out the
other... any takers? It might be easier than the ST506 converter
we've been discussing. At least in this case, it's digital in and
out, with no sampling required.
I've actually got a box I acquired called a 'SMD Disk replacement
subsystem", which is a PC minitower case with a fairly large logic
board in it (about the size of an AT or maybe baby AT motherboard) and
an ESDI drive in it. I can try to take some pictures of it if anyone's
interested.
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