On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 01:39:57PM +0000, Michael Griffin mentioned:
> > Nope, totally different systems I'm afraid. You'd have to add quite
> > a bit of custom electronics to convert between protocols before
> > you'd get a system like that working. Interesting hack though ;-)
> hmm, thought as much.
> any idea where i could get info on the protocols?
Stop that. You are being silly. This is not a trivial thing to make.
Download a recent development kernel, and look at the "Parallel port
devices" section. There are loads of drivers for parallel/IDE devices.
They could have names/websites that'll sell you the circuit board, or
maybe an enclosure too!
Kate
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