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- From: hbj@engr.uark.edu (Bernard Johnson)
- Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.051602.5465@engr.uark.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:16:02 GMT
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- cullend@bnr.ca (Dave Cullen) writes:
-
- >In article <raz.721539888@syzygy> you write:
- >|>
- >|> - Get the QIC-40, 80, 117 specs. These are the minimal set
- >|> to get started. QIC-117 is apparently particularly tricky
- >|> to implement.
-
- QIC-117 is VERY difficult to implement.
-
- >|> - Research floppy controller I/O. Apparently the drive
- >|> doesn't even look like a floppy to the floppy chip! What
- >|> this means in practice, I have no idea.
-
- You will be talking to the floppy chip by sending it seek commands. Seek
- commands cause the drive to be sent a train of pulses (Tend -Tstart pulses).
- Each length train of pulses represents a different QIC command. So, it is
- almost as if you had a serial link to your drive because you are talking with
- only one line bye toggling it.
-
- >|> - Research the DMA and beware of its limitations.
-
- You can only transfer a maximum of 64k using DMA transfer (please correct me if
- I'm wrong).
-
- Bernard Johnson
- hbj@engr.uark.edu
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