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From: sir@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (SIR P/L)
Subject: IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.
Message-ID: <1994Apr18.045956.8833@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
Keywords: IDE ESDI conversion pinouts
Organization: University of New South Wales
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 04:59:56 GMT
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IDE to ESDI Conversion. IDE & ESDI pinouts sought.

I have a couple of 400mb ESDI hard drives, and now that IDE controllers
are <$20 (in whatever country you come from) I think it's worth my whilelooking into how to wire on to the other.

All I know so far is that BOTH require the CMOS to know the number of heads,
cylinders, etc, and that both kinds of drives seem to have roughtly the same
number of pins (ESDI are card-edge, however)

I am convinced that it is a simple matter to hook the two together,@with
perhaps just a few logic chips in-between.  I'll post the exact method
that works when I've done it.

in the meantime, I need:-


                     E S D I   Pinouts  Wanted


                               and


                       I D E   Pinouts Wanted


Basically, what signals/timings are coming down which wires, etc.  

Can *Anyone* help me get these, or, help me find out WHERE to get these ?

Thanx.

Chris Drake

sir@external.unsw.edu.au
sir@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au