jdreesen
Experienced Member
...do they exist ? did anyone ever made such controllers ?
The Diablo 30 used 2315 cartridges, the Diablo 40 used 5440 cartridges. XCOMP developed a 2-board controller for the S100 bus, where one of the two boards was specific to the drive system it was connected to. XCOMP's product advertising indicated they had an interface board for use with 2315 and 5440 cartridge systems. For more basic information about XCOMP's controller (though not specific to the version for the 2315 and 5440) see http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware Folder/XComp/Hard Disk Controller/XCOMP.htm...do they exist ? did anyone ever made such controllers ?
These sorts of boards appear simple on the face of it. But often these glue logic boards are moderately complex. Even with the manual and an accurate schematic and if you are lucky a circuit description they can take some weeks to understand the logic and the reasoning behind it.Thanks for the inputs. That Processor Interface board looks remarkebly simple. Any chance of software surviving , and/ or a better pic that allows IC-types to be read ?
(Yes, I would try to copy this board....)
SMD/CMD was a CDC invention, and sort of resembles IBM's Bus and TagAre the Diablo drives different than other Storage Module Drive interfaces or Cartridge Module Drive interfaces?