[Open-graphics] A really good immediate use for OGD1: PCI bus analyzer

[Patrick McNamara]

>> Another option might be to make a daughter board with the appropriate
>> drivers and termination for a simple SCSI bus.  Even a simple SCSI-1
>> bus would allow for a full download in less than a minute,
>> uncompressed.
>
> Download to what though? Does that readily connect to a SCSI controller 
> in the debugging workstation? Will that workstation have a SCSI 
> controller?
>
> Lourens

>

I don't think it is at all unreasonable to use something like SCSI.  Cheap SCSI cards can be had for $30US and if you really insist on using a laptop, you can find USB to SCSI adapters for around $60US.  Something we need to keep in mind here.  Debugging a PCI interface is not an "average hobbyist" task.  Needing somewhat "specialized" hardware to accomplish it is not unrealistic.  

Patrick M