XTs and large hard disks

[Julian Wolfe]

I actually have one of these adapters, but have yet to try it because I need
a CF card.  Maybe when I get some extra cash I'll try it.

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of John R. Hogerhuis
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:38 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: XTs and large hard disks

On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 23:25 +0000, jpero at sympatico.ca wrote:

> The SCSI is best for this if stuck with 8088.  Otherwise keep under 
> 500MB with IDE, not even 540, have to be under 500.  Is the portable 
> standard XT or baby AT layout?  Go with 286 or 386DX then everything 
> else will work as described.  There are many 286 and 386 boards that 
> has XT mounting holes layouts.  Choose carefully, there are so many 
> junk out there.


Has anyone tried interfacing a CF card to 8-bit IDE?  ATA IDE to CF cards
exist, aside from the practical reason that very few people would buy such a
thing, why not XT-IDE to CF adapter? 

I guess the BIOS would have to be added to such an adapter.

CF cards are closer in size to what the old machines work with, and they are
generally cheap.

-- John.