Re: CF for Vulcan??

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message wuGdnaNAZdbWU6_bnZ2dnUVZ_u6rnZ2d@comcast.com">news:wuGdnaNAZdbWU6_bnZ2dnUVZ_u6rnZ2d@comcast.com...
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: "Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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: > "macdog" <bigdog128@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: >>I read a thread started in June of 2006.  Someone was wanting to use a
: >> CF  with their Vulcan controller.  I also would like to do that.  The
: >> thread basically ended with some statements that the firmware needed
: >> to be re-written.  I am willing to lend one of my Vulcan set-ups for
: >> this endeavor, plus pay for the firmware, and then make the updated
: >> firmware freely available to the Apple retro community.  Are there any
: >> takers/suggestions on this idea?
: >>
: > Jamie Steffens,
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: >    Vulcan controller card is the IDE controller card to work with some IDE
: > hard drive.  How do you expect CF to work?  Do you refer CF as flash
: > memory card like digital camera?  Why can't you use CFFA card with flash
: > memory card already?  You may try Turbo IDE card and connect hard drive
: > inside Vulcan power supply.
: >
: > Bryan Parkoff
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: I believe the OP is talking about using a CF-to-IDE adapter with the Vulcan.
: Those 20-year-old hard drives the Vulcan can use aren't going to last
: forever. Firmware to work with newer IDE devices would be nice, but is it
: worth the investment when there are other mass-storage solutions already
: available? I don't know if it would even be possible, I know the Vulcan
: liked those special 8-bit IDE HD's like those found in the IBM XT, can the
: hardware handle standard 16-bit IDE?
:
: -Greg

I have a Vulcan Gold card set up with a CF to IDE adapter, but,
so far, haven't been able to get anything but a 20 MB CF card
to work with it. AFAIK, the Vulcan worked with 20MB, 40MB, and
100MB hard drives. Am I correct on this?, or does it have to do
with the CHS setup of the drive?

William Garber
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