Re: TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives
From: Joseph Gaffney <gaffney@thethinker.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 17:42:19 -0400
In-Reply-To: <199710151401.QAA11229@hauki.clinet.fi>
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At 04:01 PM 10/15/97 +0200, Osma Suominen wrote:
>I looked at the page, and although I didn't read it all, I understood that
>it was meant for Z80 based computers.

I knew that, that was why I was asking the difference =P

>You would need to hack around
>directly with the processor contact to install the IDE adapter. The first
>problem here is that the device would either need some room inside the
>calc, which probably isn't available.

Or a link to an external IDE adapter

>Then we'd need the pinout for the Z80
>clones used in the calcs.

Isn't this information in the z80 databooks?

>After all this was done, the software would need
>to be ported. I think doing this all is simply too difficult compared to
>the benefits.

Possibly, that is also why I asked =)


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TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives

From: Joseph Gaffney <gaffney@thethinker.com>

Re: TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives

From: Osma Suominen <ozone@clinet.fi>

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