The SBC6120 (PDP-8 board) uses an IDE drive in LBA
mode, simply stating, "on address X read or write
these 256 16(12) bit words". Because this obviously
requires a great deal of intelligence on the drive's
part, (certainly more than the computer itself has) I
suppose that philosophically speaking, this is
"cheating"....
--- Hans B Pufal <hansp_at_aconit.org> wrote:
> Ben Franchuk wrote:
>
> > A IDE disk interface may be a simpler design, and
> faster than a floppy.
>
> And can be easily adapted to use CompactFlash for
> smaller/lower power
> systems.
>
> -- hbp
>
>
>
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