BV> Sorry that I haven't got back to you sooner...customers...AAArr
 BV> rggghhh!!! 

.... aAAARRRGH!

 BV> They're not all bad though. I'm sure I told you about the mob
 BV> that were the catalyst for Brenton's Retirement Plan #7365.
 BV> They're the lot that paid 50% up front back in Feb/Mar even
 BV> though I tried to talk them out of it. Anyway, I gave them
 BV> their first preview of the system on Tuesday and they were
 BV> quacking like ducks :)

  Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...

 BV> My bloke at Burwood must have had a personality transplant too,
 BV> coz he's been quite polite and courteous to everyone for the
 BV> last couple of weeks.

  Is this before or after you went crazy and bit him on the leg...?

 BV> I've made a couple of enquiries and it seems that nobody
 BV> produces an ISA card which only has one or two IDE ports. There
 BV> is a PCI card available but I haven't found an ISA one yet. I
 BV> haven't given up, though it might take a while until I can find
 BV> one.

  I'd be surprised if they exist... the primary/secondary idea seemed
to come after VLB. How about two separate ISA cards - one IDE cable
each?

 BV> Have you sorted out the serial port yet ?

  I didn't bother... it's just as easy to plug in the old ISA card for
two extra COM ports and use the cable on that.

  But I'm up shit creek again. Remember it said I got an occasional

      Hard Disk Fail   (80)
      Floppy Disk Fail (C0)

  ... well it's coming from the bloody VESA card when I disable the
floppy drive. God only knows what they do in there!

  I've got three cards, and the only one that works as advertised is
the ISA one I managed to stuff for the IDE driver! ROFL! I can disable
all or any part of that and there are no conflicts, the ASIC works
perfectly well on the address lines... it just won't read the IDE
cable right. There must be a poor connection to the pin header but
I'm stuffed if I can find it. I could cry!

  And if I go out and buy another ISA card with the works and modify
it, it's odds on that the floppy won't disable (or something), like
my bloody VESA card stuffup. I get the feeling that computers are a
shambles...!

Regards,
Bob




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