Tandy 1000SL HDD Optoin

[Smack2k]

Is it possible in the 1000SL to take one of the 8-Bit ISA Cards with IDE Controller on and use it as a HDD, once I hookup the CF Adapter into the IDE port?

This card here:

http://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_ISA_CompactFlash_Adapter

Thanks!!

 

[Agent Orange]

Is it possible in the 1000SL to take one of the 8-Bit ISA Cards with IDE Controller on and use it as a HDD, once I hookup the CF Adapter into the IDE port?

This card here:

http://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_ISA_CompactFlash_Adapter

Thanks!!

The Forum's own 8-bit XT-IDE controller works just fine in my 1000SX, so it should work okay in you SL.

 

[Smack2k]

Rock on....waiting for it to get here...not in a hurry, but glad to know it works...

What kind of adapter did you use if you have that card and you get a CF Adapter also with maie pinouts?

Or would getting a 40-pin female CF Card Adapter be a better option?

 

[HoJoPo]

I have an XT-IDE controller in my 1000TX, and use the below adapter from Amazon for the compact flash card:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HVHY2O/

This allows you to change the cards without opening the case. Works great! I have one 128MB card with Tandy DOS 3.3 on it and four partitions, and a 512MB card with Dos 5 on it, and can swap between them at ease. I can also insert the card into my laptop with an adapter, and read/write files easily for transfer.

 

[Smack2k]

THis has the same male pins as the Controller card...do you just use an adapter to go from male to female on one of theme?

 

[Chuck(G)]

Why not use a plain old IDE drive cable?

 

[Agent Orange]

Smack:

I don't remember exactly where I bought the adapter, but they were cheap and I got a couple of them. Someone here on the forum offered them for sale a little while back (Stone may have some squirreled away). I drilled a small hole in the SX's chassis support cross-member and attached the thing there with a self tapping machine screw (my SCSI also hangs perpendicular off that support bar), then just connected it up with a standard IDE HD cable. My experience is to get the best quality SD card as they are plentiful and cheap these days. An "Ultra" is a good example. The best thing about this primitive little PC is that you can run MFM, IDE, SCSI, and SD - maybe not all at the same time but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

P.S. A 3.5" floppy occupies the space where the ST-225 used be; i.e. the "B" 5.25 floppy.