HELP! Opto-magn. disks (SONY) and 386 ix

[Torbjorn Kronander]

Linkoping University
Sweden
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We have a serious problem, we have purchased a SONY opto-magnetic disk drive
with SCSI interface and are now trying to run it from 386ix.
It is not necessary to use the filesystem but we do need
to be able to write (and read) chunks of data on the disks.

The SONY drives are the OEM version, with a separate controller board
and drive (SMO D501 and SMO C501).

We tried several SCSI controllers (WD and Adaptec) but none
are even able to find the SONY drive on the SCSI bus.

Is there anyone who has written a driver for the SONY drives and
encountered similar problems? 
If so, is the driver for sale or possibly in the public domain?

Is there anyone who can advise us what the problem might be.
Or does anyone have a suggestion on who to ask for help, the Swedish
386ix representative is not capable for this type of support.

Please!
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Torbjorn Kronander			tobbe at isy.liu.se
Dept. of EE	Linkoping University    Sweden
ph +46 13 28 22 07