At 12:09 AM 5/10/2001 +0200, jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
>On  9 May, Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> > Writing a character driver would be a good start, of course the CXY08
> > already works
>The CXY08 is already supported? dhu(4) or dz(4) or???

dhu(4) however it only works in 'non-DMA' mode. I have the switch settings 
at home on this one.

> > so you might start on the CXA16 :-)
>A CXA16 is also in my QBus inventory, but - again - I have no doc.

Neither do I, it has the same switch layout as the CXY08 which makes me 
suspect its similar, and the VMS docs seem to think it is just a CXY08 with 
more ports. My guess is that it _only_ works in DMA mode and that is why 
NetBSD can't deal with it.

> > The RXV21 would need a
> > strategy routing but the RLV21 driver would be a good starting point.
>The RXV21 is less interresting as it is simple to use a RQDX3 as floppy
>controller. It is easy to crimp a RQDX3 to 5,25"/3.5" floppy cable. This
>is nice, since you can save the extra RQDX dist panel (That is usualy
>not present in a BA[24]xx...) and it speaks MSCP. But I am digressing.
>Perhaps a rxv(4) would be a good second exercise? ;-)

And it lets you talk to 8" floppies ;-)

--Chuck