First post, by chrisNova777
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- Oldbie
question 1:
looking for ISA 16-bit i/o controller that can recognize + BOOT from an Optical CD-ROM
and also support 2GB compact flash hard drives larger than 540MB? some kind of disk size barrier??
i read a forum post by someone else that they found a promise card that was capable of this but they didnt tell what the model was...
WHAT I HAVE :
i have two controllers in my possession
one from May 1993 which has GOLDSTAR brand all over it (SN132860)
and another from June 1995 which says WINBOND.
they both seem to have FDD / HDD / PARALLEL / SERIAL COMA / SERIAL COMB
The windbond one seems to have a GAMEPORT connection aswell that isnt on the older one from 1993
question 2
im also wondering which of these i should keep as my friend is asking me for one of these to help him get a 286 going that he found with a dead MFM controller + 20MB drive to replace the MFM disk controller.. im not sure these will even work in the machine that he has.. 286s were 16Bit right? then maybe it will work after all.
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