16 Jan
2004
16 Jan
'04
6:43 a.m.
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 01:32, Bob Shannon wrote:
Do you have a generic parallel interface qbus card?
Yes, don't forget that an IDE connector inside a PC is just a very odd
parallel port. Just about anything with a couple of 8-bit I/O ports can
be made to talk to an IDE drive.
Or are you wanting a controller-level emulation that
works with existing
drivers?
This would be fairly simple I suspect. You'd need some intelligence on
the controller card, but a fairly simple CPU would do it (even one of
the bigger PIC microcontrollers could probably stand the pace). It
might not be fast though.
John Allain wrote:
Rather than dream I thought I'd just say that
I'd pay
someone $100 for one of these if they did it, or $250+
if it was a really good job.
John A.