[Coco] hard drive questions

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:33:14 -0600, Chester A. Patterson  
<vchester at setec-cr.com> wrote:

> Retaking the original issues with these old hard disks I have...
>
> I've tried the Seagate HD ST157A1 45mb "AT interface" RLL (2,7) Cyl.560  
> Hd.6
> TPI.824 on several (newer) PCs whose BIOS all give back "ATAPI
> incompatible". What do I need to check it out? It has a standard 40 pin
> keyed IDE connector.
>
> Thanks.
>
> /Chester
> Costa Rica

     Try my IDE_DETECT program from OS9/NitrOS9 (I believe Boisy has it up  
on the Nitros9 project website). Older ATA hard drives would not be ATAPI  
compatible... ATAPI was a later standard (originally for CD-ROM's) that is  
closer to SCSI than ATA. ATA is the original hard drive standard, and the  
protocols are completely different.

-- 
L. Curtis Boyle