IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.

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2 total messages Started by SIR P/L Mon, 18 Apr 1994 04:59

#1586

Author: SIR P/L
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 04:59

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IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.

I have a couple of 400mb ESDI hard drives, and now that IDE controllers
are <$20 (in whatever country you come from) I think it's worth my whilelooking into how to wire on to the other.

All I know so far is that BOTH require the CMOS to know the number of heads,
cylinders, etc, and that both kinds of drives seem to have roughtly the same
number of pins (ESDI are card-edge, however)

I am convinced that it is a simple matter to hook the two together,@with
perhaps just a few logic chips in-between.  I'll post the exact method
that works when I've done it.

in the meantime, I need:-


                     E S D I   Pinouts  Wanted


                               and


                       I D E   Pinouts Wanted


Basically, what signals/timings are coming down which wires, etc.

Can *Anyone* help me get these, or, help me find out WHERE to get these ?

Thanx.

Chris Drake

sir@external.unsw.edu.au
sir@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au

Re: IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.

#1584

Author: Morten Leikvoll
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 09:38

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In article <1994Apr18.045956.8833@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>, sir@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (SIR P/L) writes:
> IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.
> 
> I have a couple of 400mb ESDI hard drives, and now that IDE controllers
> are <$20 (in whatever country you come from) I think it's worth my whilelooking into how to wire on to the other.
........

Are you able to get ME a couple of these? (to what price?)
I can get you the pinouts, but I need to take with me a file from home (I am at
school now). If nobody else answers, give me a mail, and I'll send it in a couple
of days.

-Morten Leikvoll / leikvoll@hsr.no (Is it short enough?)

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