[Coco] ROM Options for Glenside IDE, and a 3D-Printed Case

[Bill Pierce]

Mark, "hdbcha" would be the proper rom if you want to use the "head/cylinder/sector" method, but is only good up to about 2 gig drives. To use larger drives, you would want "hdblba", which allows use of most IDE drives as well as larger sizes.
The HDBDOS manual on Cloud9's support page is (for the most part) the best source for the hdbdos info. It's what I used to set mine up. The manual is meant more for the SuperIDE controller (who's manual is also helpful), but the info is valid for the Glenside unit.
I was using mine for NitrOS9, so I never setup HDBDOS for the ide, Insted, I opted for hdbdos for drivewire instead. I use an old FD-501 controller with a 28 pin rom for hdbdos. I have no drives connected anymore (they all went south), but keep the controller plugged in for the rom. I wanted to eventually get a rom burned for the ide, but never did. The controller works fine plugged into the Glenside unit and both work as well in an MPI, though you have to change the jumper settings for the MPI.

Nice case BTW... I'm jealous :-)

 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net>
To: CoCoList Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] ROM Options for Glenside IDE, and a 3D-Printed Case

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 16:21 , Daniel Campos <daniel.campus at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi Mark, very nice case for the Glenside "barge" IDE. :-)Thanks! "Barge" is a great nickname for it! Here's a picture I took comparing the sizes of a regular Program Pak, a compact floppy controller, the original long floppy controller, and the nuclear aircraft carrier sized Glenside card:https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/767642120978960384And here is how silly the Glenside looks with a full-sized floppy controller plugged into the "Y" cable socket:https://twitter.com/nf6x/status/767641761325862912> To play with the Glenside, you can use a custom CF/SD image that we use here in Brazil with the MiniIDE and has almost everything you need on the CoCo (for the average user at least)> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-L-K9OlVdmpTmhkZHFEc04xZFUThanks! I'll take a look at that.-- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>http://www.nf6x.net/-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco