[1] Apart from SCSI drives that support 256 byte sectors, or IDE
drives that work natively with 8-bit transfers.
I believe the spec for the CompactFlash interface requires 8-bit mode
to exist.
I am using a 340MB CompactFlash II IBM microdrive as my IBM PC/XT's 2nd
hard drive. So yes, it works.
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Jim Leonard (trixter at