IDE-Qbus/Unibus was:Re: Old IDE hard drives

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Fri Jan 16 06:43:12 2004

On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 01:32, Bob Shannon wrote:
> Do you have a generic parallel interface qbus card?

Yes, don't forget that an IDE connector inside a PC is just a very odd
parallel port. Just about anything with a couple of 8-bit I/O ports can
be made to talk to an IDE drive.

> Or are you wanting a controller-level emulation that works with existing
> drivers?

This would be fairly simple I suspect. You'd need some intelligence on
the controller card, but a fairly simple CPU would do it (even one of
the bigger PIC microcontrollers could probably stand the pace). It
might not be fast though.


> John Allain wrote:
>
> >Rather than dream I thought I'd just say that I'd pay
> >someone $100 for one of these if they did it, or $250+
> >if it was a really good job.
> >
> >John A.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 16 2004 - 06:43:12 GMT