Tony Firshman wrote: > Dilwyn Jones wrote, On 16/01/09 18:43: >>> Is there a way of connecting more than two hard disks (eg, two hard >>> disks and a CD ROM) to a QL using QubIDE? >>> >>> I have only ever seen two drives on the same IDE cable.... >>> >>> -- >>> Rich Mellor >> I vaguely remember Ron Dunnett or Nasta talk of a Qubide expander of >> some sort (which never appeared), though I can't remember any details. >> >> What is possible is to use a large hard drive and divide it into >> partitions, effectively more than 2 virtual drives. >> > Yes. Nasta designed one years ago and I think I tested it. > I don't think it ever went into production. > > Tony >
He must have made more than one as I have one with instructions. It's not currently in use but I do recall using it or trying to, I can't remember how it went. The instruction page with it is from Qubbesoft. I think I bought it at one of the US shows. It is a small board that plugs in to Qubide in place of the IDE cable and it has it's own cable with 4 connectors on it. Instructions say to set all drives as master. The board contains a small IC and some diodes. The ribbon cable to the connectors has been partially cut and has twists before going on to the next connector, similar to the way PC floppy cables are to set the drive as A or B. John _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
