On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:56:17PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
I wrote:
> > The SASI port is internal - there are two PCBs in the drive
> > enclosure, a "DOS board" (C='s term) with one processor to talk GPIB
> > to the outside world, and another processor to talk SASI to the other
> > board, a Xebec? SASI<->ST-506 board. The drive mech is either a
> > Tandon TM602S or a TM603S.
>
> This...does not agree with the reality I find upon opening up the first
> HP-IB disk that came to hand (a 7958). The HP-IB connector is soldered
> to a board which speaks to the disk drive - a Micropolis 1355, not a
> TManything - over two ribbon cables. Except for stuff internal to the
> 1355, the only other PCB in the box is the power supply.
I wasn't trying to describe _all_ HPIB drives, just the Commodore D9060
and D9090 drives. Your 7958 sounds like a perfectly valid way of doing
things... in fact, since it uses a 1355, I'm sort of intrigued (since I
have a few on the shelf). I'll have to try to remember that HP model
number when I'm digging for drive docs.
-ethan
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