OT - 486 w/newer IDE drives

[Ethan Dicks]

On 11/24/06, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Chris M wrote:
> > --- Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Of course, as others have pointed out, one can get an ISA or PCI IDE
> >> interface... that includes onboard BIOS
> >
> > In an ISA card?
>
> Promise made several models, as did Mylex (formerly BusLogic/BusTek). If
> your motherboard has VLB slots, VLB controllers with address translation
> for larger drives were fairly common. I've not personally seen a ATA133
> card, but I know 100s were available.

Perhaps that's what I'm remembering - VLB... I was reasonably certain
that there was an option for folks besides PCI.

-ethan