> One solution is simply to use a PIC to offset track 0 and > not use the > last fe tracks? Then the drive can be used as USB > storage. Or if PIC > had second IDE port that acted as device instead of host.
I don't think a PIC can help you there, at least not one of the 8 bit family. There's work going on to make a PIC read and write harddisks, but we're talking about half a megabyte per second now, and we will surely never exceed 10 MB/s with an 8 bit PIC. Your notebook can read or write 166MB/s in Ultra-DMA-mode. I think it can be done, but just as a fun project. It's a bit like netboot over serial port: It may be possible but far to slow to be of any use. Greets, Kiste -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
