26 Nov
2008
26 Nov
'08
2:40 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 emu at e-bbes.com wrote:
Isn't that the other way around, though: IDE controller -> bridge -> MFM
drive? The previous poster's saying* they're doing this the other way around:
MFM controller -> bridge -> IDE drive, which is a different kettle of fish
entirely.
* unless they've misinterpreted Michel (or I have!), who seems to want a way
of connecting a SCSI disk to an MFM disk controller...
The prospect of using a more modern (whether it be SCSI or IDE) opens up
useful prospects for the preservation of vintage machine where ST506/412
drives are getting pretty long in the tooth, now. I believe there are only a
couple of commercial solutions out there (serious $$$), and it's a problem
that the hobbyist movement hasn't cracked (except on paper) yet.
cheers
Jules
We are working on a MFM <-> IDE bridge. But
no release date so far,
not enough time to finish it up :(
IIRC, my Compaq "Portable 286" (NOT the "Portable 2")
had a pre-standardization ISA IDE "controller" that cabled to a bridge
board on an MFM drive