Author: Flash (cvx-sto-1-41.ppp.netlink.se)
Date: 10-09-2000 22:39
Heh, I know only too well what youīre trying to do, tried that myself ten yrs ago. Forget it, you need a host adapter! The ONLY (?) things that could be connected directly to the ASCI port, as far as I know, are those Megafiles. Iīve been trying to duplicate my LINKīs for ages, but they wonīt let me... BTW, since IDE has a 16 bit bus, (ACSI has only 8) I suppose an IDE controller has to be connected to the cartridge port??
If you gonna use a LINK, then go back to Nickīs site and DL the "SCSI NOTES" textfile, itīs very worthy reading and also shows how to build terminations, the LINK wonīt work without one.(must be active)
As for the floppy wireing; You wonīt need the "drive 1 select" signal, unless you have two drives. And thereīs some signals missing? Iīll mail you the correct schema, but can you find that 14-pin floppy connector anywhere? good luck.
Think I wonīt need any floppy on this old ST, cos Iīll hook it up to the PARCP network. Then it can access ALL drives on ALL the other machines, including my Falconīs CD-burner (maybe not the scanner...) and the peeseeīs CD/HDīs/floppy too, eh :-/ ...
Check Paralellcopy out, itīs here:
http://sac.itb.it/comm/parcp380.zip
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