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RaSCSI Development Thread
Posted by: NF_ on 2020-08-14 15:02:21
Does anyone oppose or have thoughts on having the contents of readme.md merged into the wiki?

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-14 15:17:11
Does anyone oppose or have thoughts on having the contents of readme.md merged into the wiki?
I like that idea!

Posted by: NF_ on 2020-08-14 15:22:16
I like that idea!
aye aye, captain!

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 01:51:34
Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions on how we should do pull requests?

For example, I have a pull request open right now. Should I leave that open for someone else to review/approve it? Is anyone willing to do that?

Up to this point, I've just been approving my own pull requests, which doesn't feel right.

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-16 01:59:51
Should I leave that open for someone else to review/approve it?
If you want other people to get familiar with the codebase, IME getting them to do code review on it is one of the best ways to do it, so...

I'd be up for reviewing some stuff, I definitely want to learn the innards of this.

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 02:01:00
Also.... FYI: the repo has been detached from XRayRobert's repository. (As requested in https://github.com/akuker/RASCSI/issues/21)

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 02:01:47
If you want other people to get familiar with the codebase, IME getting them to do code review on it is one of the best ways to do it, so...

I'd be up for reviewing some stuff, I definitely want to learn the innards of this.
Awesome! I'd appreciate that @cheesestraws!

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-16 02:02:10
My github username is also cheesestraws 🙂

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 02:12:58
My github username is also cheesestraws 🙂
Awesome. Collaboration invitation sent!

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-16 02:14:44
Awesome. Collaboration invitation sent!
And this is the awkward moment where I manage to lock myself out of my github account by trying to log into it on this computer and forgetting which password it is.  Whoops.

I'll log in when it lets me 😛

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 02:31:54
And this is the awkward moment where I manage to lock myself out of my github account by trying to log into it on this computer and forgetting which password it is.  Whoops.

I'll log in when it lets me 😛
Ha! 🙂 Good luck!

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-16 02:57:34
Ha! 🙂 Good luck!
Done!

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-16 04:42:18
Done!
Thank you!

Posted by: NoTrueSpaceman on 2020-08-17 15:16:30
Speaking of the wiki, I went into a deep drive on the electrical specs for SCSI-2 and the RPi and added some more color to the Transceiver Comparison page. I think I have a bee in my bonnet about alternative designs for some reason. I'll get my head out of hardware-land and into software-land this week.

It might interest folks building their own that you can find the drivers here for a better price than Mouser:

https://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=A20313S

Posted by: NF_ on 2020-08-17 16:52:34
aye aye, captain!
This is done.  README.md data is now moved and organized within the wiki.  Much of it on the main page, which itself will need some tidying up.  README.md has been updated, suggesting readers check out the wiki.

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-17 22:07:03
Speaking of the wiki, I went into a deep drive on the electrical specs for SCSI-2 and the RPi and added some more color to the Transceiver Comparison page. I think I have a bee in my bonnet about alternative designs for some reason. I'll get my head out of hardware-land and into software-land this week.

It might interest folks building their own that you can find the drivers here for a better price than Mouser:

https://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=A20313S
Dang! Goldmine has some crazy low prices. I was excited when I got them in bulk directly from TI for ~$2.68! I went down the hardware rabbit hole for a while too. But in the end, its only going to save a couple of dollars. 

I still need to get off my butt and do a big order to share with everyone.  :tongue:  Did anyone place an order for the 1.7 version of the board? 

This is done.  README.md data is now moved and organized within the wiki.  Much of it on the main page, which itself will need some tidying up.  README.md has been updated, suggesting readers check out the wiki.
Thank you @NF_!!!!

Posted by: NoTrueSpaceman on 2020-08-18 01:41:33
My order for 1.5 boards was messed up so I used the opportunity to update it to 1.6 versions. I was able to reduce the price of components down by half by digging around. I’ve got some grand ideas about a RaSCSI derivative with a bunch of additions I’m interested in, but again... focus. 
 

I was able to get the latest HEAD of master working last night with no problems (sans actual hardware to make it go...) Can I be added as a contributor? My github acct is “eparadis”. It has the same PCB icon as here.

I have a few questions but I’ll post them as Issues to prevent info dispersal across multiple sites. 

Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-08-18 01:44:22
I'm going to wait for the SMD version to get it assembled, I think.  (Partly using this as a delaying tactic because I have too many plates spinning as it is, not gonna lie 🙂 )

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-18 02:24:55
Can I be added as a contributor? My github acct is “eparadis”. It has the same PCB icon as here.
Invitation sent!

Posted by: landoGriffin on 2020-08-18 02:40:14
I'm going to wait for the SMD version to get it assembled, I think.  (Partly using this as a delaying tactic because I have too many plates spinning as it is, not gonna lie 🙂 )
I know the feeling! Just with this one project, I feel like I've got too many plates spinning  :tongue:

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