18 Mar
2009
18 Mar
'09
8:09 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM, silvercreekvalley
<silvercreekvalley at yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone have a spare 8 bit ISA hard-disk controller,
something that would work in a IBM XT.
The current controller is damaged, and always reports
'1701' when the XT boots. I've tried known good hard-drives
without success so I'm pretty sure its the controller.
Please contact me of list.
http://abcresellers.com/store/page64.html
Only $100. (rolling eyes)
I see these sorts of things pop up on ebay from time to time for not
so bad prices. Also, I bet you could find an ISA IDE controller.
Then you could attach a compact flash card to use as a hard drive.
Not so retro, but I like mixing old and new like that. It's also
quiet, faster, more reliable, and draws less power.
brian