Hi
Thanks for the link as I am able to see the discussion. I am active on vintage-computer.com forums related projects (XT-IDE, AT2XTKBD, etc) and home brew computing projects. However, I am not a "Mac Person" and would not be a suitable fit on a Mac related forum.
There are a vintage-computer.com forum threads to give background on the SCSI to IDE/SD project. It was supposed to be general in nature to support not just Mac but Amiga, Sun, DEC, various synthesizers, sewing machines, photocopiers, test equipment, and a variety of other equipment that are dependent on scarce and rapidly diminishing SCSI-1 drives.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?22906-SCSI-1-to-from-IDE-drive-converter/page3&highlight=scsi2ide
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?24021-Scsi-to-IDE-converter&highlight=scsi2ide
The schematics, PCB layout, debug/monitor software, photos, build instructions, parts lists, etc are found on the N8VEM wiki in the Board Information -> Other -> SCSI to IDE/SD folder. Also the complete KiCAD EDA file set is in the same directory under Other- KiCAD. All information is free (beer & speech) and publicly available.
The SCSI to IDE/SD board is PCB only. The builders would have to assemble the board themselves using commonly available parts from Jameco, Digikey, etc. It is designed to be simple to assemble and reliable. At least the one board that I know to have been built and tested seems to confirm it. However it is still in the prototype phase and would still likely have changes before a final board went to manufacturing.
Please note this is an amateur, volunteer, non-profit, hobbyist project so please be careful to set expectations appropriately at 68kmla. I am not interested in any commercial aspects nor willing to build and test, supply components, partially or fully assembled units, etc. Basically all there is available are the PCBs with design information and any other fellow builders to complete the project.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch
Thanks for the link as I am able to see the discussion. I am active on vintage-computer.com forums related projects (XT-IDE, AT2XTKBD, etc) and home brew computing projects. However, I am not a "Mac Person" and would not be a suitable fit on a Mac related forum.
There are a vintage-computer.com forum threads to give background on the SCSI to IDE/SD project. It was supposed to be general in nature to support not just Mac but Amiga, Sun, DEC, various synthesizers, sewing machines, photocopiers, test equipment, and a variety of other equipment that are dependent on scarce and rapidly diminishing SCSI-1 drives.
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?22906-SCSI-1-to-from-IDE-drive-converter/page3&highlight=scsi2ide
http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?24021-Scsi-to-IDE-converter&highlight=scsi2ide
The schematics, PCB layout, debug/monitor software, photos, build instructions, parts lists, etc are found on the N8VEM wiki in the Board Information -> Other -> SCSI to IDE/SD folder. Also the complete KiCAD EDA file set is in the same directory under Other- KiCAD. All information is free (beer & speech) and publicly available.
The SCSI to IDE/SD board is PCB only. The builders would have to assemble the board themselves using commonly available parts from Jameco, Digikey, etc. It is designed to be simple to assemble and reliable. At least the one board that I know to have been built and tested seems to confirm it. However it is still in the prototype phase and would still likely have changes before a final board went to manufacturing.
Please note this is an amateur, volunteer, non-profit, hobbyist project so please be careful to set expectations appropriately at 68kmla. I am not interested in any commercial aspects nor willing to build and test, supply components, partially or fully assembled units, etc. Basically all there is available are the PCBs with design information and any other fellow builders to complete the project.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch