Re: TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives

To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: TI-H: 8 Bit IDE Drives
From: "Robert Cicconetti" <zarquon@mdo.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:42:28 -0400
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org

> >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

TI used a lot of customizing on the hardware.. It is not the same
as the early Z80 computers.
 
> >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?

Nope, sorry, TI uses a NON-standard Z80 clone.
 
Robert Cicconetti
Sysop of Imperial Realms

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