Actually I am talking about emulating the bit stream, index to index - RLL
encoded and containing gaps, marks, headers, data, CRC, ECC, etc. Exactly as
the bit stream would come out of a theoretical disk drive, no bit shift, no
write splices, no instantaneous speed variation, no long term speed
Guy,
I agree on keeping Linux out of the loop, to allow fast access on head
location, selection.
However, I'm not convinced on the fact that a whole cylinder must be on
blockram to achieve this. Given that ram access is fast (on Zynq with PL
working at 200MHz and HP port at 64bits I'm running at
Hi all...
What is the cable partnumber for the IMSAI SIO2? I need to order a
set of cables. I thought in all of my boxes and boxes of cables I
might have one...but nope.
Here is a picture:
https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/010-S100%20Computers%20and%20Boards/00-Imsai/10-Imsai%20S100%20B
Because of this I'm holding on to my DEC Qbus ESDI controllers!!! You
never know
Doug
On 4/17/2022 4:35 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctech wrote:
I chose ESDI and SMD fundamentally because the interface is 100%
digital (e.g. the data/clock separator is in the drive itself). So I
don't need to d
Which is more generic.
ESDI, SMD or SCSI.
In my opinion, SCSI is as close are you are going to get to a universal
interface.
As for reading raw data from a drive. The newer the drive, the higher
the bit density and lower the strength of the magnetic fields and hence
the lower the flying he
Bill,
Let me know right quick if you'll be at VCF East and I'll make you a pair, I
have both kinds of IDC ends. I'm heading out first thing tomorrow morning
though as I have work in the northeast before VCF East.
Thanks,
Jonathan
--- Original Message ---
On Monday, April 18th, 2022
Interesting, what kind of ESDI controllers do you have? They got
advanced features like cache, ordered seeks, and burst mode/block mode DMA?
C
On 4/18/2022 6:09 PM, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote:
Because of this I'm holding on to my DEC Qbus ESDI controllers!!! You
never know
Doug
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