Date   : Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:34:20 +0000 (GMT)
From   : info@... (Sprow)
Subject: BBC IDE interfaces in stock again

In article <4604DF56.9010100@...>,
   Bill Keesing <zz9pluralzalpha@...> wrote:
> Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> > Circumstances have given me the time to assemble some 8-bit
> > IDE interface cards - I now have one pile of assembled cards
> > and drives and another pile of kits. See this photo:
> > http://mdfs.net/Info/Comp/BBC/IDE/pics/kits.jpg
> >  
> > I think I've emailed everybody who I had a query from, and
> > I'll be catching a bus to the Post Office next week with
> > you orders. If anybody hasn't heard from me I may have missed
> > them - send me an email and I'll get onto it.
> >  
> > My soldering skills still aren't up to assembling the 16-bit
> > cards, so I'll just be supplying the PCBs for them, for
> > self assembly.
>
> Will these interfaces work with a Master Compact?

Unfortunately the Compact has no 1MHz bus connector (all the signals are
there, they're just presented on that card edge connector sticking out of
the side of the case), so not unless you have a rare-as-hen's-teeth 1MHz bus
adapter.

GoMMC is probably a better option, though it doesn't specifically mention
Compact compatibility I suspect that's more because so few Compacts are
around it's not worth supporting rather than any electrical reason. Actually
it might be something as simple as the ROM sockets being under the keyboard
and you can't get the lid on?

Econet to a Master 128 with GoMMC/IDE interface would do the trick,
Sprow.