Date   : Tue, 24 May 2005 20:14:44 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: 8-bit IDE i/f debugging

Philip Pemberton <philpem@...> wrote:
> The 8-bit layout seems a little buggy too - the original layout (which I
> used) had /CS3Fx wired low instead of high. The layout that's on there now
> (which I used to patch my controller) seems to be OK.
 
The layout you used before I had got home and uploaded the correct
one and assembly instructions. When I said 'instructions are on my
website', I didn't expect you to download them straight away! :(
 
> Works fine here, but it's a bit finicky. If the current drive is :4 (floppy),
> then "*CAT :0" reads from the floppy instead of the IDE hard drive. I wonder
> if HADFS is any better.
 
HADFS works with the IDE card, but currently only supports drives
up to 16M, so a 1G drive would get partitioned into 28 logical
drives!
 
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