flash (or ide) storage for unibus 11?
Guy Sotomayor
ggs at shiresoft.com
Mon Nov 23 11:17:03 CST 2015
On 11/23/15 9:11 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>> On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:10 AM, David Bridgham <dab at froghouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> ...
>> However, once we get a prototype doing something interesting, we were
>> talking about looking around for people interested in helping out.
>> We'll do a couple disk controllers but if someone wants to add others,
>> great. Especially if someone wants to add MSCP. We're happy to skip
>> that one ourselves.
> I can imagine. MSCP is a large effort.
>
> For a classic/straightforward programming interface, the Massbus disks (RP04 and successors) are a good choice. That will take you just over 500 MB, if you emulate the layout of the RP07.
That's per-drive. Massbus allows for 8 drives per controller.
While, MSCP is interesting in that it's somewhat drive independent, it's
complex and it only really works with newer OS's.
TTFN - Guy
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