Subject: Re: Off the wall HDC question
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Michael Wanka <Tom@Wanka.at>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/15/2001 17:59:37
Hi,
AFAIK the only WD7000 ESDI controller was made for Apollo
workstations. So eventually Apollo/HP could have such information.
You could also try to disassemble the Bios;).
Why do you want this information?
mike
On 15 Oct 2001, at 11:03, CaptnZilog@aol.com wrote:
> Does anyone out there have any low-level documentation, or can point
> me to some, on the old Western Digital MFM, RLL, ESDI disk
> controllers? Not jumper settings, etc, I'm looking for more like
> low-level programming info, specifically something that would tell you
> how to low-level format a drive (w/o the BIOS on the board).
>
> Either that, or docs on the WD chipsets used on these boards. The
> board I'm specifically interested in is the WD7000 which is an
> ESDI/SCSI combo. The docs I have give a bunch of info on programming
> the SCSI side, but nothing on the ESDI side.
>
> ??? -- Pete
>