On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Chris M wrote:
--- Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
wrote:
Of course, as others have pointed out, one can
get an ISA or PCI IDE
interface, typically ATA100 or ATA133, that includes onboard BIOS
extensions, or just a BIOS-extension-only card - just some way to trick
out the BIOS and get around its limitations.
In an ISA card?
Promise made several models, as did Mylex (formerly BusLogic/BusTek). If
your motherboard has VLB slots, VLB controllers with address translation
for larger drives were fairly common. I've not personally seen a ATA133
card, but I know 100s were available.
-Toth