Anybody live in Chile?

Tony Duell ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Fri Sep 2 18:47:16 CDT 2005


> Well, there's another project for someone into such: a generalised 'IBM 360/370
> Style I/O Channel' adapter/interface to something modern/common. Although I
> will speculate somebody with experience with IBM channel stuff will promptly
> suggest it would be a nightmare. (My only experience with them is people from
> the past attesting to how complex/arcane said channels were. Always left me a
> little curious.)

I've never seriously looked at the IBM channel, but the DX11, the Unibus 
-> IBM Channel interface, is 8 rows of M-series flip-chip cards, plus a 
power control chassis + a PSU. And that only does the 'peripheral' side 
of the interface, it can't be the 'master' (if that's the term).

So yes, I guess it is complicated...

-tony


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