Reading ESDI disks

[Al Kossow]

On 2/12/21 8:12 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> On 2/12/21 7:04 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote:
>> I am pretty sure that my controller is the IBM Enhanced ESDI board and
>> having support for it in Linux is probably unlikely. But perhaps it is the
>> WD1007
> 
> It is not WD. It is IBM's own design using an Adaptec controller
> and a 8031 microcontroller.
> 
> You can find a technical description starting on page 413 of
> http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/rt/75x0235_RT_PC_Technical_Reference_Volume_2_Jun87.pdf
> 
oops, page 445
and it describes how to program the dma