2 Feb
1999
2 Feb
'99
5:11 a.m.
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
Commodore used the 8-bit IDE stuff in their Colts (XT clones) and the
A590/A291 SCSI interfaces for A500 and Zorro-II (no doubt because of Jack
Tameil's infamous penchant for forcing engineers to design in whatever
surplus hardware was lying around the warehouse). I've only ever seen
20Mb Western Digital XT-IDE drives in them.
As an aside, I burn my ROMs from a Colt with one of those drives in it, but
the drive came from an old HardCard.
Is there any specific information out there about W.D.'s implementation
of XT-IDE?
-ethan
The 8bit IDE looks like the 1002WA ISA 8bit
controller. The 1002HDO host
interface however does not. In the 8bit worlds there seems to be three
different schemes.
Gee, you are discouraging me, Allison! Out here, ST-351A/Xs have been
common as armpits. Everyone seems to have a couple! Seemed like a
neat/cheap idea. Guess not, though, as you point out below.