Date   : Tue, 03 Feb 2004 23:39:47 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: IDE Interface for BBC

In article <040203225502@...>,
   Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> Latest update...

>  Well, it's still not working.
>  
> I thought I had it. Reading the IDE specs very carefully revealed that
> ~IORD and ~IOWR are defined as STROBEs.

Thank goodness mt "Told you so" tshirt is back from the laundry (see my
reply with message id <4c71957ea1info@...>).

[snip R/C hacks]
 
> It STILL doesn't work!  Grrr!
>  
> 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,
Sprow.