On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Chris M wrote:
to make one of these in discrete logic:
(if you don't feel like looking, it's an Apple II
IDE/Cflash controller)
http://cgi.ebay.com/MicroDrive-IDE-Controller-for-Apple-IIe-IIgs
_W0QQitemZ300055639046QQihZ020QQcategoryZ80286QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Just a rough chip count.
It looks like there are a couple PLAs, some discrete logic, a
microcontroller of some sort, and an EPROM. Frankly, I don't think doing
discrete logic for something like this is worth the trouble. The card
itself seems sufficiently low-tech already.
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