Baytech 2000
AMD TAXI and Serialized Data Communication
CY7C924ADX 200 MBaud HOTLink Transceiver [TAXI substitute]
Am7968/Am7969-125 and -175 Data Sheet and Technical Manual 1994
Transparent Asynchronous Transmitter/Receiver Interface [TAXI]
US5206946 Apparatus using converters, multiplexer and two latches to convert SCSI data into serial data and vice versa
65C816 Western Design Center [WDC] 16-bit upgrade to the 6502 [Wiki page]
65C816S Datasheet
W65C816S C COMPILER/OPTIMIZER USER GUIDE
Baytec net designed for mix of micros Network World, vol 6, no. 18, pg 17-18
Image from Network World, vol 6, no. 18
Image from Info World, Jun 26, 1989 v11, n26
The Baytec 2000 is a SCSI-based computer network which transfers data at rates up to 200 megabits per second using 64Kbyte packets. At the cabling level, the Baytec 2000 uses AMD's Am7968/Am7969 (-125) TAXI chip set, which supports coaxial, twisted-pair, and optical-fiber cabling. Workstations are attached using a multimedia adapter unit and dual-coaxial, fiber-optic or twisted-pair cable. .
Each computer or workstation on a Baytec network is outfitted with a SCSI port, complete with device driver. The nodes are daisy-chained, seven at a time, and plugged into a cable interface; up to eight interfaces can connect to each server, for a total of 56 users per server; and multiple servers can be linked together.
NOTE: I think each workstation is a "node" which is daisy-chained, seven at a time, and plugged into a "cable interface". Each "SCSI Controller" in a Baytec 2000 has a "cable interface" connected to it. There can be up to eight "SCSI controllers" installed in a Baytec 2000. Sounds SCSI-2, 7 devices on each of 8 controllers, 56 stations. -LFO
Installation is a matter of installing the appropriate SCSI interface, attaching a node controller, and adding the driver to the computer's operating system (an MS-DOS .SYS file, a Mac resource in the System file, or a workstation's Unix driver) . The workstation views the net as an SCSI-compatible device and is about as easy to install as an external disk drive.
Within each base server is a 65816-the same processor that's in the Apple IIGS, and the 16-bit successor to the venerable 6502 that has powered Apple IIs for more than a decade.
The Baytec 2000 is a parallel processor with a 22-slot SCSI backplane that can accommodate as many as eight SCSI controllers. Each of the controllers can support seven workstations equipped with SCSI ports.