DIY KIT - ITEM COMES IN PARTS
WILL NEED SOLDERING AND ASSEMBLY
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMPETENT AND CONFIDENT WITH SOLDERING THROUGH-HOLE COMPONENTS
FOR BEST RESULTS PLEASE ALWAYS USE ANTISTATIC ESD SAFE GLOVES AT ALL TIMES.
AAPRO XT-IDE
8 BIT ISA CARD
IDE / ATA CONTROLLER FOR VINTAGE PC COMPUTERS
WITH BOOT ROM
P/N: XT-IDE R7_MRI
THIS CARD WILL ALLOW YOU TO USE A MODERN HARD DRIVE WITH YOUR VINTAGE PC.
THIS CARD WILL WORK IN ANY COMPUTER EQUIPPED WITH AN ISA SLOT.
AN IMPROVED VERSION ALLOWS YOU TO RECONFIGURE THE I/O PORTS AND MEMORY RANGE WITHOUT REPROGRAMMING THE EPROM. OUR CARD ALSO CONTAINS IMAGES CUSTOMISED FOR THE OLIVETTI M24, AMSTRAD DOS AND AT COMPUTERS LIKE THE IBM PS/2.
YOU CAN USE A REGULAR IDE HARD DRIVE, A CF CARD WITH AN ADAPTER OR EVEN A SATA DRIVE WITH A SUITABLE ADAPTER.
CARD COMPONENTS ARE TESTED BEFORE DISPATCH.
HIGH PROFILE, COMES WITH BRACKET.
PLEASE NOTE
" IT IS ALWAYS BEST TO CREATE THE INITIAL FILESYSTEM (FDISK, FDISK /MBR, FORMAT) ON THE TARGET MACHINE, OTHERWISE PROBLEMS WILL HAPPEN DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN DRIVE GEOMETRY TRANSLATION. NOT DOING THAT COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS LATER ON, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SEEM TO WORK AT FIRST. ONCE THIS IS DONE, IT'S SAFE TO MOVE THE DRIVE/CF MEDIA TO A MODERN MACHINE BECAUSE THE FILE SYSTEM DRIVERS IN A MODERN OS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE GEOMETRY AND MOUNT THE DRIVE SAFELY." IF YOU IGNORE THAT ADVICE - WE CAN NOT HELP YOU.
XT-IDE IS A 100% OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE PROJECT LICENSED UNDER THEGPL v3 LICENCE.
XT-IDE USES THE XT-IDE UNIVERSAL BIOS, WHICH IS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE LICENSED UNDER THE GPL v2 LICENCE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DIY KIT AND WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT RETURNS ONCE THE KIT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED - PARTLY OR FULLY.
IC SOCKETS ARE OPTIONAL AND CAN BE ADDED BY THE USER.
WE DO NOT SUPPLY IC SOCKETS WITH THIS KIT.
YOU CAN FIND DOCUMENTATION HERE: HERE
