Re: Commodore PLC TIB DD-001 / Drive 2001

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 06:02:42 +0100
Message-ID: <ebe78b06-9e72-8819-92ea-5f61fb7e7cf3@null.net>
On 25/05/2018 16:08, Mia Magnusson wrote:
> Afaik there are also some version of the XTIDE Universal Bios that can
> use 16-bit IDE disks and 16-bit ISA controllers on an 8-bit ISA bus by
> just throwing half of the capacity away.

The other problem with throwing half the data away is that it's not just 
the on disk data that gets thrown away.

You'll lose (for example) half the results from the identity data as 
well, so you'd have to hard code the size.

You also can't use CD drives.
Received on 2018-05-26 08:00:07

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