check out these links i found on a z80 page about interfacing ide drives: http://www.blkbox.com/~jdb8042/SmallSys/8bitIDE.html http://www.aeneas.net/ais/hathaway/ i hope these help anyone who wants to interface ide drives to z80 based systems (read: grant) FUZZ I Don't See Why Not ------------------- listen.to/yankovic ICQ: 3512251