From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Richard Elberger" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: RE: [9fans] pcmcia scsi support/experience? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: <20010523130248.21311199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 10:40:51 +1200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a722f58c-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Do you mean the technical reference manual for the 1460? http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/suppdetail.html?cat=/Product/APA-14 60&prodkey=APA-1460 http://www.adaptec.com/pdfs/miscellaneous_support/1460_tr.pdf Not sure if this is what you're looking for. -- rich >-----Original Message----- >From: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu [mailto:9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu]On Behalf >Of jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com >Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 1:03 a.m. >To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu >Subject: Re: [9fans] pcmcia scsi support/experience? > > >there isn't a current driver that comes close to being appropriate for that >prehistoric controller. there were some drivers a long time ago, >perhaps included >in the 2nd edition, which did all that low-level protocol stuff, >i'm thinking >of the chip that was in the magnum (ncr 53c94) and the western-digital >one used in the hobbit board. > >there is apparently a manual for the chip, but you'd have to >probably contact >adaptec by phone for a paper copy, i couldn't find it on-line. i'd >be happy to >help if there's a manual. > >--jim > >On Wed May 23 03:54:31 EDT 2001, Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl wrote: >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:54:03 jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com replied: >> > On Wed Apr 11 10:51:24 EDT 2001, Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl wrote: >> > > We are about to order a pcmcia scsi card (to access a zip >drive, for now). >> > > Is there support for something like that? >> > > If not (yet), what could/would be the best bet? >> > > Do people have experience with such cards (which to buy, >which to avoid)? >> > > >> > > Axel. >> > > >> > >> > There's no support for any PCMCIA SCSI cards. If someone were to do >> > a driver for the Adaptec 1460 (probably the only card you can get) that >> > would be great. >> >> In the mean time we got the Adaptec 1460. Suppose I would want to do a >> driver, what existing plan9 code would be the best to start from? >> >> Axel. >> >