[sdiy] USB,MIDI,SCSI

[Batz Goodfortune]

Y-ellow Ben 'n' all.

At 01:32 PM 4/20/2008 -0700, Ben Lincoln wrote:
>Can you be more specific about what you'd like to accomplish? I ask
>because depending on the specifics, it may be easier if you take a
>slightly different approach. For example, if you were wanting to replace
>the hard drive in an Emax, I'd recommend taking a page from the Xbox
>hackers and rather than USB, looking into installing a SCSI <-> Compact
>Flash adapter and storing everything on a CF card.

Ben, You're a frigging genius. I never thought of that. I don't have any 
issues with HDs but I've got a Yam sampler. It has both SCSI and IDE. I've 
even got a bunch of adaptors right here.

Mind you, if I want to talk to it, I still have to deal with SCSI so an 
adaptor that allows the crap-tops to talk to a SCSI device would be good. 
Better hit EvilBAbY I guess.

Just for succinctness. Under Linnoox, it would be fairly easy to redefine 
what software talks to what device. Almost everything that ISN'T an IDE 
device is some warped version of a SCSI device anyway.

There are USB/Centronix adaptors out there. I've used a few. I want to get 
round to seeing if I can fool this "skidMARK of the Unicorn" MIDI box to 
talk over one. Since it talks to a printer port. But USB/SCSI? "Mmmm Tricky."

But tip-o-the-hat to both of you.

Be absolutely Icebox.

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