As I’m trying to make some room and raise funds for other gear, I’ve decided to sell 2 of these IDE controllers. Although they might not seem that special, they are in fact quite hard to find and very useful for IBM PC XT machines and compatibles. Normally you wouldn’t be able to use regular IDE hard disks on such computers due to the 8-bit ISA bus, whereas IDE uses 16-bit. However, these cards contain some extra logic to link the two together.
These 2 are spare parts, as I’m currently using another one with my own IBM PC XT. I’m very pleased with it, as it gives you reliable storage and replacement hard disks are really easy and cheap to find. And with a cheap IDE-CF adapter, you should even be able to use Compact Flash cards. In my opinion, it’s a much better solution than the MFM drives you often find inside XT-class machines.
The cards appear to be unused, as they’re still nicely packaged and the connectors show no wear. I haven’t tested them, but I have no reason to assume that they’re faulty. Also included is a manual, which explains the jumper settings and how to install the card. Do keep in mind that the on-board BIOS of this card can’t handle very large hard disks, so you’ll have to reformat them to a smaller size by following the included instructions. According to the manual, the maximum size would be 152MB, which is plenty for an XT anyway.
I’ve included some pictures of the cards. The unpacked card is the one I’m currently using. The ones that I’m selling (the packaged ones in the 2nd picture) do have a backplate attached.
I’m looking for €40 + shipping for each one of these cards.
These 2 are spare parts, as I’m currently using another one with my own IBM PC XT. I’m very pleased with it, as it gives you reliable storage and replacement hard disks are really easy and cheap to find. And with a cheap IDE-CF adapter, you should even be able to use Compact Flash cards. In my opinion, it’s a much better solution than the MFM drives you often find inside XT-class machines.
The cards appear to be unused, as they’re still nicely packaged and the connectors show no wear. I haven’t tested them, but I have no reason to assume that they’re faulty. Also included is a manual, which explains the jumper settings and how to install the card. Do keep in mind that the on-board BIOS of this card can’t handle very large hard disks, so you’ll have to reformat them to a smaller size by following the included instructions. According to the manual, the maximum size would be 152MB, which is plenty for an XT anyway.
I’ve included some pictures of the cards. The unpacked card is the one I’m currently using. The ones that I’m selling (the packaged ones in the 2nd picture) do have a backplate attached.
I’m looking for €40 + shipping for each one of these cards.
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