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From: meulenbr@cstw01.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: ESDI questions
Message-ID: <168@cstw01.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 11:30:58 GMT
Reply-To: meulenbr@cst.UUCP ()
Organization: Centre for Software Technology, Philips Eindhoven
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Hi!

I have laid my hands on an ESDI disk, which I would like to interface to
an atari ST. However, being out-of-hardware for several years now, I'm
having some questions:

1) What exactly is ESDI? Where can I find the spec, who can recommend a
   book or an article on this subject?
2) How does ESDI relate to ST506/ST412? and to SCSI ??
3) I know how to interface a disk with a ST506/ST412 or SCSI interface to
   the ST. Is it doable to convert ESDI to either of these?
   (Big wish:) Anyone by any chance aware of affordable boards to do
   this? Magazine articles ??
4) Is it doable what I want to do? Any advice, help, hint etc. is very 
   very welcome.

(FYI: the drive in question is a Micropolis 1355)

Any response is greatly appreciated, and many thanks for your help!!

-- 
Frans Meulenbroeks
	Centre for Software Technology
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