Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer From: Alec Cawley Subject: Re: Transputer <-> Hard disk interfaces Organization: Home Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 20:41:09 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <+eymyGAl3kV0Ewne@cawley.demon.co.uk> In article <0G9LvBA0JaV0EwHb@sunny.demon.co.uk>, Murray Elliot writes >Wow! innit quiet in here... no surprising really, anyway - for us still >using them, what are the current options for controlling a harddisk via >the transputer - any pointers would be most appreciated. The only options you have for disk interfaces are Scsi and IDE, both of which are pretty easy to interface to a transputer. I use Scsi. In one case, I have only DMA; in another, I use a link as a DMA engine, which works reasonably well, using a QLogic Fas chip. >What about suppliers of harddisks which can be mounted into eurocard- >style enclosures? Do we have to do this ourselves? Several Raid manufacturers make mountable hard disks, though not exactly Eureocard AFAIK. Most would probably sell the mounts if offered enough gold. -- Alec Cawley Newbury Berks, UK