non-SCSI disks on a SCSI disk interface (was Re: Space, the next frontier)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed May 26 17:25:45 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: non-SCSI disks on a SCSI disk interface (was Re: Space, the
next frontier)


>OMTI (SMS) and ADAPTEC made quite a few of these SCSI-HOST to MFM or RLL
>devices. It seems to me that NOVELL capitalized on this proliferation of
>these bridge controllers as well, providing a configuration utility for use
>with their SCSI board. I don't know how well they worked, but I imagine
>they had "little" problems with them as did nearly everyone else.
>
>Has anyone ever used a SCSI-hosted bride controller of this sort with

OOPS! . . . er . . . that's BRIDGE controller . . . <sorry!>

>essentially no problems at all? If so, I'd surely like to know which one
>and how it was implemented.
>
>Dick
Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 17:25:45 BST