Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Webb Mike@LLL-MFE.ARPA From: "Webb Mike"@LLL-MFE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: ADDING A HARD DISK ? Message-ID: <6758@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 12:44:11 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6758 Posted: Mon Dec 24 12:44:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Dec-84 02:08:16 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 18 DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE ADDING A WINCHESTER INTERFACE TO A Z80 BASED CP/M 2.2 SYSTEM,WHICH DOSE NOT HAVE THE LOGIC TO TALK TO A WINCHESTER CONTROLLER. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE TELL ME ABOUT ADDING THE LOGIC TO A CPU WHICH INVOLVES 'PIGGY-BACKING' A BOARD BETWEEN THE Z80 CHIP AND IT'S SOCKET. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A NEAT IDEA,BUT IF IT WAS SO GREAT AN IDEA WHY AREN'T THERE A ZILLION GUY'S OUT THERE SELLING THIS BETTER MOUSE TRAP??? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS. IS IT COST EFFECTIVE (AM I GOING TO END UP BUYING ANOTHER COMPUTER ANYHOW),WHO BUILDS/ SELLS THE MODULE IF THERE IS ONE,ANY HORROR STORIES ETC. AS RECENTLY DISCUSED I WILL POST A SUMMARY IF THERE ARE ANY ANSWERS. MIKE WEBB WEBB@LLL-MFE.ARPA