🚀 go-pugleaf

> pc532@bungi.com writes:
>  > One Idea, that due to lazyness hasn't been followed up, is that there exist' 
>  > SCSI based ethernet cards (usually used with MacIntoshes) that could be used. 
>  > All that would need to be done is to write a high level driver, like the 
>  > disk/tape ones and above that you could run IP, etc.
> 
> When ever people say "all you have to do is..." run a hundred miles!
> 
> The real problem is extracting the information on what scsi commands
> it expects to do what from the supplier/manufacturer. You might have more
> luck being closer to the source, but mostly you just get blank looks
> if you talk about getting documentation for these things (other than
> how to install them on a mac).
> 
> Ian

I second that. Trying to get SCSI command set specs out of these people is
like pulling teeth.  I had to sign and return a non-disclosure agreement
to get the SCSI command set for the HP IIc scanner.  (Think for a second about
why anyone might want that...)

The same is true for all of the fax boards and modems out there.  In fact,
you can almost say the same for the X terminals...  Suppose we wanted to 
just *use* the X terminal as a display for, say, MGR over Minix.  While the
X stuff itself is well documented, each of the X terminals out there has its
own, well, quirks...

SCSI looks beautiful from a hardware standpoint, but alas, the marketing and
software folks have converted it from sunny Dubrovnik to shell-shattered
Sarajevo.