[sdiy] Making a SCSI switcher

[Magnus Danielson]

From: david <vchip at home.com>
Subject: [sdiy] Making a SCSI switcher
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:06:29 +0000

> Hi,

Hi,

> I don't post a lot to this list. I find I learm more by lurking...
> 
> I have a question to ask. It's not very synth related but it is music
> and sampler related. I want to build a scsi switcher that will allow me
> to select different samplers without rebooting the computer or hot swapping.
> 
> I made a deal a few weeks ago with a gut from Analogue Heaven. I traded
> a Boss phaser Pedal for an ATTO EXPS-8S8S. The ATTO website is lacking
> in particulars so I was hoping maybe someone on this list is familiar
> with the company and perhaps this iece of gear. Essentially, all I
> received was the circuit board in a mounting bracket with an 8 outlet
> ribbon cable. I would like to turn this into a 19" rackmount SCSI
> selector that I can do all my rerouting by terminating sockets and then
> swapping them. I hope this makes sense.

The unit you have will be usefull as it is, at least after checking
this page:
http://209.217.127.70/storage/sky/sky_re38-e.cfm

But other than that I would just propose that you first try to bring
everything onto the same SCSI bus, it should work fine most of the
time ;)

PS. Search on Google quickly handed some info, more in there!

Cheers,
Magnus