candle Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I've did little someting for 16bit Atari some time ago, but it was not programmed for a while now i'm looking for quick way to test it, thus my question is there any (QUICK) way for user to know if and what disk (TOS 2.06 compatible IDE disk that is) is connected to his machine? single step procedure would be the best whole thing is for STE/STFM computers that have space for blitter chip on motherboard here are some pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Candle, Machines prior to the Falcon only talked via the ACSI bus to the various hard drives. Which would mean that all standard hard disk drivers would not know how to communicate with your device. So what is needed here is obviously a custom driver (maybe Atari's with the ACSI comms removed and replaced with the address space of your device). In short, more info about this device is needed (P.S. looks like a very neat interface! Well done!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Candle, Machines prior to the Falcon only talked via the ACSI bus to the various hard drives. Which would mean that all standard hard disk drivers would not know how to communicate with your device. Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK TOS 2.06 contains an IDE boot routine and thus should be capable of booting from this device. Thorsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candle Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 exacly TOS 2.06 is capable of booting from IDE disk they simply omitted it in hardware, so there are various add-ons cards that utilize this fact the same address space has IDE controller inside Falcon, and the same boot routine is contained in Falcon's TOS all i really need is some simple way to test it, as i know next to nothing about 16bit Atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 exacly TOS 2.06 is capable of booting from IDE disk they simply omitted it in hardware, so there are various add-ons cards that utilize this fact the same address space has IDE controller inside Falcon, and the same boot routine is contained in Falcon's TOS all i really need is some simple way to test it, as i know next to nothing about 16bit Atari Ok, then grab a copy of HDDriver demo here: http://www.seimet.de/atari/en/hddriver.html and just run HDDRIVER.PRG - it automatically probes all possible buses for devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstFan Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 (edited) True that only TOS 2.06 (and Falcon TOS) have boot code for IDE. But IDE may work with any TOS version, by loading driver from floppy. Even latest versions of AHDI support IDE. Here are some disk image files with autoboot for IDE (read for details on page): http://petari.000space.com/atari/DiskImgPP1.html Here is speed testing program, what will detect present adapters too: http://petari.000space.com/atari/ahpt.html Edited July 5, 2010 by AstFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemmeweb Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Is it still available somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 As far as I know Candle never released this IDE interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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