From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 05/04/2023 10:09, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   [...]   
   >> none of these devices except modems can be controlled by serial ports.   
   > Not true.   
      
   > I connect the serial port to wifi using RS232-wifi or whatever   
   > it is called, and that connects to another computer   
   > running Windows or whatever (with my custom software)   
   > which provides the hard disk capabilities.   
      
   > I will provide a protocol to communicate with the software   
   > on the other computer.   
      
   > I know it's a crappy solution, but I don't particularly care.   
      
   > When someone who cares comes along with better public   
   > domain software to drive an SSD or whatever, I'll consider   
   > using that instead. That will depend on how complicated   
   > it is such that I can maintain it.   
      
   as an OS-author you should be able to write basic drivers yourself.   
   I did it for every piece of hardware I ever owned.   
      
   All it needs is information about the hardware, I got it direct from   
   manufacturers, Intel charged me about 40$ per book, I bought all   
   available books back then [1976... ],   
   RCA, Motorola, Texas instrument, National Semiconductors and more gave   
   me all required info books for free with any purchase of chips.   
      
   you may find documents for free on the net these days.   
   RBIL, sandpile.org and more   
      
   > Even then it's more likely   
   > to be an option, as the hard disk interface keeps changing,   
   > and there's no-one volunteering to both live for 1000 years   
   > and maintain it. So at any point I need to go back to serial.   
      
   why obsolete Serial, LPT (also dead) gives you much more options.   
      
   you cannot just fiddle an FPGA into any laptop:   
   * the socket wont match   
   * and even if: the power pins are somewhere else   
   * supply voltages are different   
   * the bus system wont fit neither in size nor impedance   
   * all the on-chip gates need to be addressed and configured   
   * how would it boot at all w/o a setup memory controller ?   
      
   So you better don't waste your time/money/brain on that.   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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