Great Hierophant
Veteran Member
For those of us with 16-bit slot computers, adding a large amount of storage space is as easy as finding a finding a small hard drive and a 16-bit IDE interface card. Sound cards often came with IDE interfaces. But what about 8-bit computers? 8-bit computers seem to be stuck with slow MFM or RLL controllers, small-sized but heavy and less reliable hard drives, not to mention that they are noisy as hell. I think that implementing an 8-bit IDE interface would be relatively simple, using only TTL logic and relying on the drive to supply a BIOS. But they seem to be rare and expensive. What kind of relief/alternatives can be offered?