No XT-IDE users?

[couryhouse]

Be fun to have identified controller for first ibm pc to demo it


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From: william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> 
Date: 08/16/2015  4:31 PM  (GMT-07:00) 
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> 
Subject: Re: No XT-IDE users? 

I don't have a need for it, yet anyway

Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Aug 16, 2015 7:26 PM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 08/16/2015 03:26 PM, Ali wrote:
>
>> Wow, I know it's not a DEC PDP but I was hoping at least a few people
>> used the darn thing. Would it be better if I post in VCF? Thanks for
>> any input. -Ali
>>
>
> Probably.  I have both the original and the one (can't remember the name)
> with the CPLD on it.  Both worked well for me--and I modified the original
> to juggle the addressing bits to make the "Chuck mod".
>
> I've always used my own version of the BIOS; I've always felt that the
> more elaborate BIOSes, while interesting and reflecting a lot of work, were
> unnecessarily complicated.
>
> I"ll help if I can, but I haven't played much with the thing in a couple
> of years+.
>
> --Chuck
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