Hi, many thanks! My address is g.garabe...@gmail.com Il sab 28 apr 2018, 01:48 John Impellizzeri via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> ha scritto:
> Giorgio, > > I remember this and actually have the IDE Expander as it was called. I > don’t remember if it was demonstrated or shown at one of the US shows but I > do at least remember it was talked about and I eventually ordered one from > QUBBESoft. I only attended the US shows so it very well could have been > shown at others. > > I still have the paperwork that came with it. I never could get it to > work however. I don’t know if it was my QubIDE as I had an early version > or it may have been due to the bus expander I was using. > > It was a small circuit board with a 40 pin IDE socket and another small > socket next to it that when plugged in connected to the 6 pin header on the > QubIDE. There are a few diodes and a small surface mount IC on the board > as well. This side of the board was painted black so it covers the IC > number. There was no circuit diagram in the documentation. > > A 50 pin ribbon cable was attached. One edge of the cable has 10 of the > wires separated out and these are connected in various combinations to the > 40 pin connectors as drive select lines I presume. > > The documentation said to jumper each drive as a master and went on to > explain how to use the WIN_DRIVE command to assign the drives. It was > recommended to use ROM v1.35 or later and was supposed to identify all > drives at power up. > > I don’t recall now what problem I had with it just that I couldn’t get it > to work and set it aside. > > I don’t think the list will accept attachments but if you want further > info or pictures let me know with your email address and I can send it to > you. > > > John > > > > On Apr 27, 2018, at 10:29 AM, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users < > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > > > > Many years ago I read somewhere that it was possible to connect 4 hard > > drives on the same Qbide, an Italian user has confirmed to me that > "Nasta" > > demonstrated this to some meeting. > > None of us remember the details, where can I find information about it? > > Thanks in advance to everyone. > > > > Giorgio > > _______________________________________________ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
