17 May
2013
17 May
'13
1:59 p.m.
On 05/17/2013 04:39 PM, Jim Stephens wrote:
what about the el cheepo sata-ATA adapters? I'd never do the work if those
are functionally near to ATA as Dave's work (and others) talk to if I could
help it. I figure the init and other crap may need work which would be
entertaining to figure out, but they would hopefully be pretty similar once
up and running as far as the ATA.
only about $12 to $15, (or $25 or so "retail") for what I'm talking about.
I still have the little board I made to exercise (probe, hex dump, etc) an
ATA drive. I could try it with a SATA drive and one of those adapters. I
bet it'd work. The only potential issue I can think of is if the adapter
doesn't speak PIO 0, which is the easiest and most common way for
microcontrollers and similar "tiny" systems to access ATA devices.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Try doing that with (for example) SATA...one would be
lucky to even
>get the physical layer talking. There is*nothing* ATA-like about SATA
>beyond the name.
True. it IS easy to interface.;)
Aren't there extremely steep licensing costs to get the specs for SATA?