XTIDE controller now available

From: Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> Subject: XTIDE controller now available To: General at mail.mobygames.com, "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 10:13 PM 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. They're being sold at cost: $30 for a kit to solder your own, $40 for a pre-built and tested card. These are not quite the end production unit, but darn close. Works in PC/XT clones, as well as Tandy 1000 series machines (anyone who knows how hard it is to get an IDE drive into a Tandy will appreciate this). They are also going to be building one that will fit into a PCjr sidecar someday. ;) Details are available on the last message of this forum page: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=12359&page=109 -- Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/ Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/