On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 at 21:19:52, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Hi all,
>I now can guarantee that the CF hot removable adapters DO work with
>both SMSQ/E and QDOS with a modified QubIDE... both versions 1.56 and
>2.01 were tested.
>Furthermore, if you only use one type of card if you store the drive
>parameters using the storesh_obj or storei2c_obj you are able to have
>it FULLY removable without the need of starting your Aurora or QL with
>the card plugged in.
>Word of caution though...
>If you plan on totally replacing a RomDisq, think again.... Even with
>the fastest card, due to QubIDE restrictions (yep 8 bit bus and all the
>magic Nasta performs in order to make this thing work :-) It is a lot
>slower than the RomDisq.
Phew (8-#
>So far my best combination is the following:
>
>Boot off the RomDisq, Win1_ being a Transcend 512Mb Type II CF 26x
>speed and 32x CD Rom drive... NO floppy (don't need it anyway :-)
>
>Hmmm Tony, I think we should bundle the Romdisq and CF adapter / a 128
>Meg card in order to make a totally portable solution :-)
(8-)#
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