blackepyon
Veteran Member
After noting that there's no thread for listing devices used with the various XT-IDE Universal BIOS (XUB) based cards, I decided to make one.
This thread is dedicated to listing the devices used with the 8-bit cards made to utilize XUB, such as Lo-Tech's ISA-CF rev.2, XT-CF-lite, and Glitch's XT-IDE board series, derivative cards based on them, and so on.
These devices can include Compact Flash cards, DOMs, hard drives, etc, as well as Compact Flash to IDE or SD-card to IDE adapters, and the like.
There's no need to list complete system specs, such as game/sound cards, monitor, other peripherals, etc, if it's not relevant. This is not the place to brag about your vintage computer collection, or how "maxed out" your retro-gaming rig is. Discussion related to device combinations, such as, if a particular CompactFlash-IDE adapter is finicky with certain CompactFlash cards, or if you know of a good place to buy particular card, etc, are more than welcome here, but if you need help troubleshooting issues related to the XUB-based cards themselves (hardware conflicts, etc), please direct those to the appropriate thread: XTIDE tech support thread, or just use a PM.
This thread is dedicated to listing the devices used with the 8-bit cards made to utilize XUB, such as Lo-Tech's ISA-CF rev.2, XT-CF-lite, and Glitch's XT-IDE board series, derivative cards based on them, and so on.
These devices can include Compact Flash cards, DOMs, hard drives, etc, as well as Compact Flash to IDE or SD-card to IDE adapters, and the like.
- Post pictures of these devices if you can, showing which brands/models you've confirmed work, list benchmarks if you have them, and system make/model/specs if appropriate.
- Please list which XUB card(s) you are using them with, and if the card you are using is an "off brand" derivative of another popular card (there are a number of cards based on the Lo-Tech ISA-CF rev.2b, for instance), which version or revision of the XT-IDE Universal BIOS you are using, how the XUB recognizes the device(s) in POST.
- List other relevant information if you can think of it, such as whether or not the devices are used in a master/slave combination, etc, and if they take issue if there's another device on the controller. For instance, some CompactFlash cards don't like to be the master device in a master/slave relationship, unless they are of the same brand name, etc, but may work perfectly well as either master or slave if they're on their own, while CF cards don't care one way or the other.
- Which DOS version you're running, as well as partition information or custom drive geometry (if you've had to do that for whatever reason), may be useful too.
- Please place emphasis on which devices you've tested that do NOT work, along with any of the above things you may feel appropriate, so other people know not to buy them for that hardware combination.
- If you've tested a device and noted it to work on one card, BIOS revision, etc, but not another, please give specific information on your findings, if you can.
There's no need to list complete system specs, such as game/sound cards, monitor, other peripherals, etc, if it's not relevant. This is not the place to brag about your vintage computer collection, or how "maxed out" your retro-gaming rig is. Discussion related to device combinations, such as, if a particular CompactFlash-IDE adapter is finicky with certain CompactFlash cards, or if you know of a good place to buy particular card, etc, are more than welcome here, but if you need help troubleshooting issues related to the XUB-based cards themselves (hardware conflicts, etc), please direct those to the appropriate thread: XTIDE tech support thread, or just use a PM.