13 Feb
2007
13 Feb
'07
3:49 p.m.
On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
Same here, although I tend to concentrate on ST506/412 drives
because there's no (economical) way to emulate them with something
else. Small-capacity IDE and SCSI units are still easy enough to
find [1] in my experience, and worst-case both interfaces are
documented well enough that a unit could be emulated.
[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.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Speaking of which...does it make sense to start
preserving
(hoarding)
older, low-capacity hard drives, be they IDE or SCSI, for smaller
machines? They seem to be drying up fast.
It does to me - and I have been. For
some time now. :-)