Date : Fri, 25 Jul 2003 22:37:31 +0100 (BST)
From : Peter Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Weird batch of BBC stuff.
On Jul 25, 15:44, Jules Richardson wrote:
> I always thought - at least for a Domesday setup - that the players
were SCSI.
> The host was a Master I believe, and was equipped with a SCSI
controller
> (mounted internal or external, I'm not sure) presumably running via
the 1MHz
> bus. Maybe I'm misremembering and those Sony players were custom
built by Sony
> - the drives may well have been SCSI internally but with a
SCSI-serial
> conversion board mounted within the player.
A Domesday system consisted of a Master 128 fitted with a VFS ROM, a
SCSI interface, and a genlock interface to the LaserVision player. The
Domesday LaserVision players were modified Panasonic units.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York