Date : Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:49:04 +0100
From : darren.grant@... (Darren Grant)
Subject: BBC Master SCSI
On 01/06/2009 21:42, "Ian Wolstenholme" <bbcmailinglist@...>
wrote:
>
> If a few of us who are interested in the SCSI interface collaborate and we
> can do some of the leg-work, I'm sure we could get some boards produced
> for a much lower cost. If somebody else can produce the CAD files then I
> should be able to get the ICs for a reasonable cost, lower than you would
> from the likes of Farnell. I might be willing to fund the production costs
> if there is a reasonable prospect of shifting a good percentage of the
> finished boards at the end of it.
I have boxes full of 74 series logic gates but it might be more elegant to
use a CPLD (complex programmable logic device) where the logic is all
programmed into a single chip. Then again the internal SCSI card is only 8
logic chips.
Darren