> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Linimon > Sent: 17 October 2015 17:30 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Atari Unix > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 03:26:53PM +0100, Dave G4UGM wrote: > > The "real SCSI" is still somewhat broken and very temperamental. > > As someone who used to make a living working on VMEbus equipment ... > > ... if a machine has a VMEbus slot, that description usually applies. > In particular, never assume that multiple bus masters can exist on the same > backplane. > > I fought that battle with a Solbourne. Conclusion: it was fine to add in one of > our peripheral boards but that was it. They had never even implemented > the hard parts of the spec. > > mcl
I think the only use I ever saw for the slot in the Atari TT was for Video cards. My TT had one, but it needed extra software to drive it... Dave
