Subject: Re: SCSI on Q-bus
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/04/1998 19:58:39
<Allison must be very brave. Well, it is possible, but be sure to have
<your layout reviewed by a signal integrity geek (I'll volunteer) first,
<and try to build it using only the same old, slow parts that those
<historic two-layer boards were made with. (Remember, there are _reasons_
<why things weren't so reliable back then...)
If I had to comply with EMC it's scary. For low and slow like a PIO
qbus IDE a well designed and gridded 2 sided card would fly fine. I've
done faster and nastier with double sided before 4layer stuff was
considered affordable. Besides the Q-bus is about right for LS/ALS
speed ttl.
In the past I've put DRV11Ps in micovaxen and that both twosided and
wirearap.
If given a choice to do a 4 layer card I would though, it's easier to
layout.
just remember the rules: GOOD, FAST, CHEAP, pick two!
Allison