dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
> Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
> like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
> expand
> my rediscovered QL

Check out tf services and rwap.
Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.

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spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
>> Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
>> like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
>> expand
>> my rediscovered QL
>
> Check out tf services and rwap.
> Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.
>
None here (8-(#

Qubide is the best, but not too practicable in a std QL - it is best in
a PC style case. Falkenburg also did one, but avoid it (badly made).
Miracle systems did a stand alone one that used the ROM port.
Good if you find one, and keep edge connector clean.

I remember the first. It was a nice looking Medic one. It turned out
*all* it was was a box painted black. They went bust before turning it
into anything real. The boss, Skoglund, ended up in jail, not for that
I think, but for fraud.

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Tony Firshman wrote:
> spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>
>>dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
>>
>>>Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
>>>like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
>>>expand
>>>my rediscovered QL
>>
>>Check out tf services and rwap.
>>Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.
>>
>
> None here (8-(#

I remember a DIY plan for making a HD adapter for the Amiga 1000 back in
the days. I remember that all they needed was a single 8 bit latch chip
to make the ISA card run on the Amiga bus in I/O mode. It was very
simple 8-bit polling, just like a printer port.

I don't know anything about the QL (ZX81/Speccy only), but is uses the
same CPU as the Amiga, and maybe someone can hack this up. If you are
interested, I'll try to find the article (it was in c't, a German
computer magazin).

Cheers,

Matt

Matthias Melcher wrote:
> Tony Firshman wrote:
>> spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>> dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
>>>
>>>> Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
>>>> like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
>>>> expand
>>>> my rediscovered QL
>>>
>>> Check out tf services and rwap.
>>> Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.
>>>
>>
>> None here (8-(#
>
> I remember a DIY plan for making a HD adapter for the Amiga 1000 back in
> the days. I remember that all they needed was a single 8 bit latch chip
> to make the ISA card run on the Amiga bus in I/O mode. It was very
> simple 8-bit polling, just like a printer port.
>
> I don't know anything about the QL (ZX81/Speccy only), but is uses the
> same CPU as the Amiga, and maybe someone can hack this up. If you are
> interested, I'll try to find the article (it was in c't, a German
> computer magazin).
The QL Qubide is a device (via device driver) and boots the QL.
If it was that easy to run an ISA card on the QL, I am *sure* it would
have been done in the 80s.
Did the Amiga use MSDOS style disk formats, like the Atari.

Mind you the *hard* bit is the device driver.

Tony
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Tony Firshman wrote:
> Matthias Melcher wrote:
>
>>Tony Firshman wrote:
>>
>>>spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
>>>>>like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
>>>>>expand
>>>>>my rediscovered QL
>>>>
>>>>Check out tf services and rwap.
>>>>Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.
>>>>
>>>
>>>None here (8-(#
>>
>>I remember a DIY plan for making a HD adapter for the Amiga 1000 back in
>>the days. I remember that all they needed was a single 8 bit latch chip
>>to make the ISA card run on the Amiga bus in I/O mode. It was very
>>simple 8-bit polling, just like a printer port.
>>
>>I don't know anything about the QL (ZX81/Speccy only), but is uses the
>>same CPU as the Amiga, and maybe someone can hack this up. If you are
>>interested, I'll try to find the article (it was in c't, a German
>>computer magazin).
>
> The QL Qubide is a device (via device driver) and boots the QL.
> If it was that easy to run an ISA card on the QL, I am *sure* it would
> have been done in the 80s.
They did.
The Miracle Systems rom port I/F hard drive had a Western Digital 8 bit
ISA hard disk controller and IIRC a ST506 I/F RLL drive (either 20 or 40
Mb) so its been done before.

> Did the Amiga use MSDOS style disk formats, like the Atari.
>
No, very wierd ones :-)
> Mind you the *hard* bit is the device driver.
>
> Tony


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Ian Malcolm wrote:
> Tony Firshman wrote:
>> Matthias Melcher wrote:
>>
>>> Tony Firshman wrote:
>>>
>>>> spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> dna-7e6g@iximail.com did eloquently scribble:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Its a long shot - but anyone have a QL IDE adapter (any) they would
>>>>>> like to sell? Or any plug in hardware for that matter? Trying to
>>>>>> expand
>>>>>> my rediscovered QL
>>>>>
>>>>> Check out tf services and rwap.
>>>>> Maybe one of those has a spare QubIDE interface for sale.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> None here (8-(#
>>>
>>> I remember a DIY plan for making a HD adapter for the Amiga 1000 back in
>>> the days. I remember that all they needed was a single 8 bit latch chip
>>> to make the ISA card run on the Amiga bus in I/O mode. It was very
>>> simple 8-bit polling, just like a printer port.
>>>
>>> I don't know anything about the QL (ZX81/Speccy only), but is uses the
>>> same CPU as the Amiga, and maybe someone can hack this up. If you are
>>> interested, I'll try to find the article (it was in c't, a German
>>> computer magazin).
>>
>> The QL Qubide is a device (via device driver) and boots the QL.
>> If it was that easy to run an ISA card on the QL, I am *sure* it would
>> have been done in the 80s.
> They did.
> The Miracle Systems rom port I/F hard drive had a Western Digital 8 bit
> ISA hard disk controller and IIRC a ST506 I/F RLL drive (either 20 or 40
> Mb) so its been done before.
Oh yes indeed, but that was quite a major hardware interface - it was
*far* from a simple use of the bus.
.... for instance the ROM port is officially read-only and only supported
16k.

Tony



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