Ruud
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Thank you!Ruud,
There is a good article on this board at this URL:
http://www.toughdev.com/content/201...8-bit-isa-bus-using-ch375-isb-to-usb-adapter/
There is supposed to be source in the link in the article.
Larry
Thank you!Ruud,
There is a good article on this board at this URL:
http://www.toughdev.com/content/201...8-bit-isa-bus-using-ch375-isb-to-usb-adapter/
There is supposed to be source in the link in the article.
Larry
Isn't a CD-ROM a mass storage device as well? I can use my backpack external CDrom on my 5160 with Dos drivers.No, Mass storage only, USB Flash drive, hard drive, SD / CF in a USB adapter though YMMV with the Chinese driver's. Google for CH375B and CH376S data sheets.
I tried a CD-ROM drive on mine a long time ago and it was a no-go, AFAIK it's USB Flash devices / Hard drives for the CH375B, I have heard the CH376S can handle HID devices like USB Keyboard / Mouse, CD-ROM i dunno, May do if you can write / find compatible drivers ?Isn't a CD-ROM a mass storage device as well? I can use my backpack external CDrom on my 5160 with Dos drivers.
Yep, I'm realy only interested in the USB Flash drive / Hard drive support, It would be nice if there were better / faster driver's available though.Ok so from what I am hearing its a limitation of the chipset/controller than.
I forgot most of the x86 ASM I knew in the 90s.. the only one(s) really that I know of with that skillset are Ruud, Chuck(G) and James (pearce_jj.. who seems to have dropped off the planet)..Yep, I'm realy only interested in the USB Flash drive / Hard drive support, It would be nice if there were better / faster driver's available though.
Another good reference source is the BIOSes for the EMM mainboards (https://github.com/homebrew8088/8088-PC-Compatible and https://gitlab.com/hakfoo1/v40-bios (Disclosure: I contributed a fair bit to this one))in the aformentioned zipfile(s) there's source (how much is disassembled vs original, I have no idea)
Haha, He should have used a PC/XT, If folk buy them expecting to play games they are going to be disappointed. A 486 would have been a better choice but i'm not a gamer.LGR appears to have done a Blerb on the cards.. so expect them to start selling more.. lol
Have you done a speed test ?, I just did another speed test using a 512Mb CF and a 4Gb flash drive ( 2Gb Partition ) I'm getting about 14 KB/s using the DOS driver in my 5160 with stock CPU. Not great i know but better than the floppy.FYI, I'm using a 2G USB stick w/ a 512M image i created and dumped onto it
I haven't.. though I use io speed setting 3 (default).. I guess I'll do a crude test later today.Have you done a speed test ?, I just did another speed test using a 512Mb CF and a 4Gb flash drive ( 2Gb Partition ) I'm getting about 14 KB/s using the DOS driver in my 5160 with stock CPU. Not great i know but better than the floppy.
my Tandy 1000sx has a parallel port sd card for aux storage... so bout similar speedish.Hehe, cool. I saw LGR posted a video on this card yesterday (he put it in his IBM PC AT), and apparently now Kevin Moonlight (YYZKEVIN) from Vogons did a "proof-of-concept" for a PCMCIA version. Probably would not put it in my Tandy 1000 (not enough slots) but it's tempting to grab a few for the Versa Dock, my Deskpro, and my 486 desktop if trying one out proves useful as a way of spoon-feeding over software without floppies.
I'm a little salty here because I goddamn know I talked about these here five or six or so years ago and nobody cared. I couldn't get anyone to get motivated to even try them out because everyone was getting hung up on it not working out of the box.
Now suddenly, they're hot.
Well if it helps any I remember that. And I'm still not interested.I'm a little salty here because I goddamn know I talked about these here five or six or so years ago and nobody cared. I couldn't get anyone to get motivated to even try them out because everyone was getting hung up on it not working out of the box.
Now suddenly, they're hot.
I had mine on 2 but just changed it to 0 and re-ran the test's about 18.50 KB/s now and seem's stable.I haven't.. though I use io speed setting 3 (default).. I guess I'll do a crude test later today.
In a 5160 ???????Frankly 14 KB/s is pathetic. It's half the speed of a floppy drive.