twinpeaks built a free XT-IDE Adapter v1b PCB: I just finished the build of a free XT-IDE (v1b) adapter. I want to use it to replace the broken XT (8-bit) disk of an old Schneider Euro XT computer with an ordinary IDE disk. XT harddisks are impossible to get nowadays. Thanks for the free PCB! :-) If […]
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XT-IDE Adapter free PCB build
Mikelelere built a free XT-IDE Adapter v1b PCB. I’ve finally found some spare time to assemble the XT-IDE adapter v1b free PCB I received a couple of weeks ago. I could not manage to find the CPLD included in the BOM, so I had to replace it with a Coolrunner II I had in my […]
XT-IDE adapter with CPLD v2 working
Pietja successfully built and tested our CPLD-based XT-IDE adapter v2. These boards give old XT PCs the ability to interface with IDE hard-drives and compact flash cards. There are still lots of these old boxes out there running medical and industrial equipment, and the XT-IDE cards keep them going with modern drives. The Vintage Computer […]
XT-IDE Adapter free PCB build
J1mbo built a free XT-IDE Adapter PCB. That’s the second XTIDE board build. A revised PCB will be available in a few weeks. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer.
XT-IDE adapter with CPLD builds
pietja built the XT-IDE controller with CPLD PCB, it will get further testing today. “The XT-IDE project is a Vintage Computer forum driven project to develop and manufacturer an 8-bit ISA IDE controller. It allows any PC/XT class machine to use modern IDE hard drives or Compact Flash devices for long term storage.” (From the […]