15 Dec
2005
15 Dec
'05
12:11 p.m.
Subject: re: Good haul of old pc stuph
From: Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:50:26 -0800 (PST)
To: talk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
There were a few XT IDE controllers back in the day.
The one I still have is made by Acculogic, called the
sIDE/16 or something. People who have used them claim
they work well. Either this one was blown to begin
with or the drive was at fault. It's mostly discrete
logic, the exception being a GAL or PAL as I recall.
There wasn't any firmware on it from what I remember.
What did I do with the thing?
XT IDE adaptors are not uncommon and fairly simple devices.
I have one or two of them and could make one. They do work
well enough. The that drives usually connected to them
have usually died by age.
Allison