Is there a certain program you guys use that's either bootable on retro hardware, or compatible with modern Windows to display a CF card's details?
(Preferably usable through a USB adapter for the latter.)
Hi, there's WHATIDE and IDEDIAG, I think.
One is available here: Re: IDE disk-on-module + 386
Good luck! 😃🤞
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I've got a couple DOS systems where I run CF's as C: (for auto-control of stuff - without cache you can literally just remote power them ON/OFF)
I use CF<>IDE adapters, and so far I've been able to use BIOS "auto" setting for the drive.
If this doesn't work on a particular system - try temporarily replacing the HD in a different system where the BIOS supports "auto" drives.
With luck you can figure out the geometry you need to configure in the first system.
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