This morning I have seen in the local flea market a guy selling a 286 board with 2 ISA cards. One was an 8-bit ISA card made by Seagate. It was very similar to a MFM adapter card I have, but I noticed it had 2 40-pin connectors instead. So, I'm sure it's not for MFM drives.
But, as XT-attachment (XTA) and AT-attachment (ATA) drives use the same physical connector... Could it be a rare ATA drive adapter for 8-bit ISA bus? (if it ever existed) or a more normal XTA drive adapter?
The card had a chip with a silver sticker with Seagate copyright, probably a ROM. After leaving the flea market I wondered if an XTA adapter or an ATA one would need or not a ROM, but I reached no conclusion.
If 8-bit ISA ATA drive adapters existed, the list must be very short. Does such list exist?
But, as XT-attachment (XTA) and AT-attachment (ATA) drives use the same physical connector... Could it be a rare ATA drive adapter for 8-bit ISA bus? (if it ever existed) or a more normal XTA drive adapter?
The card had a chip with a silver sticker with Seagate copyright, probably a ROM. After leaving the flea market I wondered if an XTA adapter or an ATA one would need or not a ROM, but I reached no conclusion.
If 8-bit ISA ATA drive adapters existed, the list must be very short. Does such list exist?