Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucrmath!koufax!rhyde From: rhyde@koufax.ucr.edu (randy hyde) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: floppies for the pc532 Message-ID: <13502@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Date: 10 Apr 91 18:52:30 GMT References: <> <9104091601.AA18237@lev.seri.gov> Sender: news@ucrmath.ucr.edu Reply-To: rhyde@koufax.ucr.edu (randy hyde) Lines: 21 I, too, have been considering a floppy for a little while now. As soon as I can figure out how to program that *damn* SCSI bus I'll be a lot more interested (BTW, I'm hung up in protocols now, I know the command set, I know how the chip works, I can't quite seem to connect the two). One suggestion, there are several manufacturers coming out with 2.88mbyte SCSI floppy disk drives (for the NeXT). They're somewhat expensive right now ($300-$600) but I suspect the price will start coming down soon since IBM is planning to adopt the 2.88 mbyte format. Of course, they read 1.44 and 720K diskettes. I would kinda' suggest that if we're trying to form a PC532 standard we adopt the state-of-the-art, even if it is a little more expensive. BTW, is there anyone around here who understands SCSI inside and out who would be willing to answer some questions I have? So far I've managed to send an indentify command to the disk drive (The MINISCRIBE 330mbyte) and send a read command to the device. It returns Busy and never comes out of it. If someone knows how all this works I could use some help! Thanks. Natually I'd post the results of my work once complete. *** Randy Hyde