XTIDE controller now available

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Jim Leonard wrote:

> I wanted to let all of you know that the 2nd revision of my friend's PC/XT 
> IDE controller is now available.  For those of you not in the know, this is a 
> way of using modern IDE hard drives in your 8bit PC or XT system.  Works with 
> drives up to 137G (your O/S also has to support it; 8.4G is way more common) 
> and Compact Flash->IDE controllers too. CD-ROM support is likely coming 
> eventually, but he has to write an entire driver that MSCDEX would talk to.

What am I not understanding about the need for this product?  I have about 
a half-dozen 8-bit ISA IDE controllers, mostly Seagate branded.  Didn't 
think they were particularly rare.

Steve


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