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Gear - Apr 22, 2002

		Gear		Apr 22, 2002
			Months ago I heard about a IDE interface for the DC being developed. What about it now? Was it a fake? Will be see a thing like that someday? It would be very helpful for DC programmers.

		ExCyber		Apr 22, 2002
			I seem to remember seeing some stuff that suggested that it was in a usable state as a combination ISA bridge (intended to be used for Ethernet I believe)/ATA interface, and that limited support exists somewhere in the Linux and/or NetBSD port. I'm really not sure though. edit: poked around a bit and found more info at bITmASTER's new page....

		Falstaf		May 4, 2002
			I remember seeing a japanese site that showed this with photos and an explanation of how they were able to do this. I was searching on google for info on game basic at the time. I'll root around in my b/u cd's and see if I can't find the sight or at least the pics.(I know i saved them somewhere.)

		antigov		May 4, 2002
			Dan Potter built an IDE interface (using bitmaster's schematics) and is currently building an OS type thing to run on it. Eh, I think he may be able to explain it better http://dcdev.allusion.net/hdwrprj/navi/...

		racketboy		Nov 5, 2002
			Just as an interesting fact, Sega was also planning on having a Zip Drive add-on, but the fact that the drive would cost as much as the system made it not such a good idea