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From: raymond@cs.vu.nl (Raymond Michiels)
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Subject: Re: AmigaMINIX hard disk support: status?
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Date: 23 May 91 07:59:39 GMT
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rda136k@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Simon Cocking) writes:
>raymond@cs.vu.nl (Raymond Michiels) writes:
>>PS: For the record: the driver supports A590 XT+SCSI, A2090 SCSI, A2091 SCSI
>>and A3000 SCSI.

>   Would it be possible to modify this code to support a SCSI hard disk
>attached to the parallel port?

To be brief: Yes; but for several reasons I won't. The most important reason
is that there are a lot of ways to connect a hard disk to your Amiga. Everybody
(each manufacturer) can design its own interface and write their own driver.
Unfortunately for you, I don't have the time to write N hard disk drivers. I've
already spent too much time on the 590/2090/2091/3000 driver.

If, however, enough people have configuration X, it might be very possible
that someone will write a hard disk driver for that configuration. The only
problem with writing hard disk drivers is that you need time and access to all
the documentation about the hard disk and the interface. This often is harder
than you might think.

	-Raymond.