Actually, finding an IDE controller for an ISA card slot would be no easy task, since virtually all hard drives in the days of the XT were either MFM, RLL or SCSI (ESDI was too minor to count). By the time the 16 bit bus appeared in '84, Compaq was using lots of Conner IDE drives in their 80286 machines, but typically with the host adapter on the system board. The next problem would be that the 8 bit bus wouldn't work with any PCMCIA adapter since even the original type I interface was 16 bits. Once we get past those irritants, there's the issue of how to get an XT class machine using IDE to recognize a drive larger than 528Gb, since no XT BIOS on the planet supported LBA.
This guy wouldn't need anyone to do his tech support since he seems to have found ways around several significant impasses. You forgot to include any VESA bus items, too. You'd need a couple VESA HDD controllers to run the drives needed to store you EISA configs ;-) Whew, THAT was trip down memory lane! Tom P -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Javier Perez Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:23 PM To: eos@a1.nl Subject: RE:EOS CF Cards and deletion I guess it begs the philosophical question What would you call a guy who has an XT PC with an 8 bit ide controller with a ide-pcmcia adapter going to pcmcia to CF adapter going to a CF to SD adapter going to a 4gb sd card and no OS to boot with? Who does his tech support? I should try that someday! Javier * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
