Subject: Re: Qbus USB adapter? [Was Re: Qbus IDE adapter]
To: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/03/2002 00:26:12
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
> I'm pretty sure this has come up here before as well, but does anyone on
> the list have familiarity with USB controllers?
>
> Given that USB is a more general purpose bus than ATA, having a Qbus to
> USB bridge would be useful for a wide variety of devices. Everything
> from disk drives, CD burners, digital cameras, scanners, printers,
> ethernet devices, etc. could be attached to our old VAXen.
Kiyoshi Ikehara is looking at hooking up a ScanLogic SL811HS
(very simple USB1.1 host controller) to a Dreamcast (he has
already written drivers for bitmaster's IDE and NE2000 add in
boards for the Dreamcast).
I'll ping him to see if he'd like to join this discussion :)
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