
From: Richard Drushel <drushel@apk.net>

Subject: Re: Interesting info about IDE...

[Geoff Oltmans] spake unto the ether:

> Well, in my searching through the internet I located a page
 containing  information for GIDE...the Generic IDE interface 
 for 8-bit  computers....the following statement caught my eye.
  
 >The GIDE board plugs into a Z80 CPU socket, and the Z80 CPU 
  plugs into the GIDE board. The first round of boards in the US
  has gone to developers, since software needs to be written for
  different systems. As of January 1996, several developers in 
  the USA have boards and are writing software for the clock and 
  for the IDE drive. As their software is received, it is includ-
  ed with the development kit, and distributed via the Internet 
  to all previous developers.  An IDE BIOS for the TRS-80 has 
  been recieved, and developers are writing code for a number of
  CP/M systems, the ADAM, and a CD-ROM.


I'm the one responsible for the ADAM mention...I bought a GIDE
about 2 years ago ($72), and have never had time to assemble
it...I'm pretty sure that Mark Gordon's (Tony Morehen's?) low-
level IDE interface could be made to work with the GIDE.  Sigh.
The GIDE is an elegant little board; as I recall, it was slightly
in the way of the VDP (so you'd have to pop off the cemented-on 
VDP heatsink to get clearance).

And I still owe Geoff Xerox copies...@$#&! I'm so busy!!!

        *Rich*


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