I do not have access to ICQ at the moment, but have EGOR's icq adress, any one interested in trying to contact him. mail me jpgrobler <at> hotmail <.> com
Maybe he still has the software & other info, there is interesting msx schematis missing from their site . . .
Great! I have 2 IDEs waiting to test. I´m told that this interface allows only 5 32Mb partitions. but it´s not a problem, our goal is to make it capable of read MS-DOS partitions, so you can plug it to a MSX or a PC.
I had a quick chat with Egor this morning, he'll hopefully have the hdprep software up and running this weekend.
The interface uses its own partition info - so as to keep it as small as possible and not waste space ons code, thus for the interface to use a hdd compatible with msdos the partitioninfo part of the bios will have to be modified (should not be such a problem)
Also I think it wil be best if the bios is updated to LBA access mode, it currently works with CHS.
He sure is still alive and offered to recode hdprep for the interface. Ha said he lost a hdd with msx stuff (stolen) but still has a lot on his pc. I do not think he is active in msx??
Does anybody know him well? I have his ICQ number if you want to chat?
I build a BEER 202 on protoboard, the interface detect wrong de HDD, I am HDD SEAGATE ST-157A (45 Mb - 7 Head 17 Sectors). The card detect 6 head and 26 sectors. WHY? Thanks.
