Re: CF for Vulcan??

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

"William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.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,
> : >
> : >    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
> :
> : 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?

Bill,

    It makes sense.  It could be the Firmware in Vulcan card to limit 100 MB 
hard drive.  Turbo IDE card can handle 2 GB hard drive and divide them into 
16 partitions -- one for ProDOS and one for HFS.
    If flash memory card has 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB, it will not work with 
Vulcan card -- IDE to CF adapter.  Yes, I agree that Firmware is to be 
rewritten to support 1GB flash memory card.

Bryan Parkoff