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Re: SASI to IDE Storage Controller

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"Lunatic Fringe" <lunatic@devnullmail.com> wrote in message news:Mxv7q.166$sk5.23@newsfe03.iad...
> On 30/08/2011 9:50 PM, Norby wrote:
>> While restoring my Heathkit H8 computer I designed a SASI to IDE
>> Storage controller. It uses the SASI bus and the block size is 256
>> bytes. It uses dual CF cards to allow booting from Drive0 or Drive1.
>> See the following webpage for details;
>>
>> http://www.koyado.com/Heathkit/Z67-IDE.html
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if the Atari uses the SASI bus, and if it does, I will
>> like to add Atari support to the Z67-IDE if there is interest on it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Norby
>
> Back in the 80's, I was running a 10meg SASI hard drive for a BBS along with a 4 meg MIO and 130xe with 2 megs of memory.  So long 
> story short, my answer would probably be YES but if Bob Puff or someone from ICD / Fine Tooned is still lurking around, they would 
> know the tech better than myself
> -- 
> I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

Yeah, hee-hee, me too.  :)  The meds are absolutely awesome.

Bill

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SASI to IDE Storage Controller Norby <norberto.collado@koyado.com> - 2011-08-30 21:50 -0700
  Re: SASI to IDE Storage Controller Lunatic Fringe <lunatic@devnullmail.com> - 2011-08-31 12:01 -0700
    Re: SASI to IDE Storage Controller "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> - 2011-08-31 16:13 -0400
      Re: SASI to IDE Storage Controller "Bernard" <bernard@the.world.com> - 2011-08-31 23:14 +0200
  Re: SASI to IDE Storage Controller ricortes <ricortes@earthlink.net> - 2011-09-01 00:04 -0700

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