Date   : Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:26:53 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: IDE Interface for BBC

Sprow <info@...> wrote:
>    Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> > Latest update...
> >  Well, it's still not working.
> 
> Thank goodness me "Told you so" tshirt is back from the laundry (see my
> reply with message id <4c71957ea1info@...>).
> 
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Why not just generate the strobes which you require: the 1MHz bus has
> everything you should need, RnW and a reference clock, infact this is
> exactly how the disc interface on the main board does it - the 8271 being an
> Intel chip has Intel strobes,
 
That's exactly what the interface does.  Check the schematic at
http://www.mdfs.net/Info/Comp/BBC/Hardware/IDE
It's just that it doesn't do what the specs say it should do.  I'm tempted
to put together the one-chip Spectrum IDE interface and check that my
brain isn't melting.
 
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