A cool vintage hardware hack.

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sat Feb 8 19:08:01 2003

Bob Shannon wrote:
> If you need a different device driver (under RTE) to use a 7920H than
> you do to use a 7920M, isn't it safe
> to assume that there IS a low-level difference here (assuming both
> drives are connected to a 13037 controller)?
>
> How is this not related to your question?

There are three configurations to consider:

   A) CPU --- 13037 --- 7920M

   B) CPU --- 13037 --- 7920H

   C) CPU --- native HPIB interface --- 7920H
             (I don't remember the P/N of the native interface)

I knew that the configuration C needed a different driver than either
A or B. I was NOT aware that A and B required different drivers; it
was my impression that there was basically a "13037 driver". However,
I'm definitely not an RTE expert.

Eric
Received on Sat Feb 08 2003 - 19:08:01 GMT