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- From: swa@cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Swa Frantzen)
- Subject: Re: Combining MFM and IDE drives
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.095413.27773@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
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- References: <724306074snx@arrakis.denver.co.us> <kspousta.724643101@qualcom>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 09:54:13 GMT
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- In article <kspousta.724643101@qualcom>, kspousta@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Kevin Spousta) writes:
- |> @arrakis.denver.co.us (Bob Hood) writes:
- |>
- |> >I'm not (yet) asking for a method of making it work, I would just like to know
- |> >if it is possible to intermix these two hard drive types in the same computer.
- |>
- |> YES! It can be done.. You'll need a special controller for the IDE and will
- |> have to boot from the MFM. (blech!) Adaptec makes a controller called an
- |> ADP-60L that will read the drive params from an IDE and make it fly. I use
- |> one of these cards in one of my servers because the thing is so old it won't
- |> recognize a 210m drive. I set the ADP as the secondary controller, the drive
- |> type for the 2nd (210m) drive as type 1 and off I go.
- |>
- |> Maybe an MFM controller that'd let you set it up as the secondary controller
- |> would work. Just a thought.
- MS-DOS woudn't find it, even if you cleared all IRQ and adress conflicts.
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- These is a real cheap solution:
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- 3drvs110.zip (on an ftp site near you (simtel20 has it))
- shareware $20
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- You'll need :
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- MFM controller (the good old one works)
- with 1 or 2 MFM disks !
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- IDE controller with "moveable adresses"
- (so you could set it up as secondary controller)
- The readme in the zip file describes a seagate controller (ST07A or ST08A)
- I tried it succesfully with an DTK PTI 227 (jumper settings are at home)
- just - disable the floppy drive (if any)
- - move the adresses of the harddisk (170 range)
- - disable the IRQ (if any).
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- any IDE drive (one supported in the shareware version
- up to two IDE drives for the commercial version).
- The setup of the PC will contain the drive types for the MFM drives,
- no info on the IDE drive(s)
- The driver reads the params form your IDE drive and sets it up.
- It does this by reading the Master Boot Record on the IDE.
- You can LOADHIGH the driver, so you won't waste any memory <640K
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