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8 Bit IDE Controller

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First post, by HardwareExtreme

Posted on 2017-08-16, 16:36

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Hello Everyone,
It's been a long time since I've been on these forums! Anyways, I'll get into it. Basically, I have a PC XT clone sporting a 8088 (not sure if it's a -2 or not) board that I want to build a system around. However, all I have is a MFM controller, and both MFM drives I have are siezed. However, I heard somewhere that you can make a IDE controller. Does anyone know of any that won't cost an arm and a leg?

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Reply 1 of 4, by Ampera

Posted on 2017-08-16, 16:55

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AFAIK, the search term is XT-IDE

Reply 2 of 4, by HardwareExtreme

Posted on 2017-08-16, 17:01

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I saw that one, but I am not sure if you can still get the PCB. However, are there schematics or a PCB layout for these controllers?

Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605.
Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/pentium.jokes.html