PCB ONLY Lo-tech ISA CompactFlash Adapter - IDE for 8-Bit ISA

This card will allow a compact flash card to be used as a hard drive in an IBM XT or compatible machine.  It will also work with ATA-2 compliant hard drives and with SD cards via an FC1306T adapter.  IDE drives were released to the market well after the days of the IBM XT and natively supports 16-bit data transfers.   As a result, the 8-bit bus of the IBM XT will not allow an IDE controller to function natively.  This card will cut the data in half and send it one byte at a time to the bus instead of two like a native IDE controller.  This card also uses the XT-IDE Universal BIOS to provide a BIOS extension to allow older machines to speak to Compact Flash / ATA-2 compliant devices.

While this card will work in virtually any PC with an ISA slot, it is primarily intended for PCs which do not, or cannot support IDE and have a smaller data bus such as the IBM XT or clones.  For best performance, you should try to get at least a 16-bit interface for your PC if it supports one.  If you wish to use it a newer machine anyway, this card should work so long as your PC supports BIOS extensions.  One advantage is that there is no 504mb limitation, or any other legacy limitation (other than what the OS imposes) on using larger volumes.  This support is provided by the XT-IDE Universal BIOS.

XT-IDE Universal BIOS via GNU GPL v2: https://code.google.com/archive/p/xtideuniversalbios/

Purchase is for PCB only.  Parts will need to be purchased separately, and assembled.  The link below contains a full bill of materials to complete the build, as well as the instructions on how to set the board jumpers.

Lo-tech ISA CF reference pages -
blog entry: https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/lo-tech-isa-compactflash-board/
FAQ: https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_ISA_CompactFlash_Adapter_FAQ
wiki: https://www.lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/Lo-tech_ISA_CompactFlash_Adapter_revision_2b

If you have any questions please feel free to ask.  Please note I did not design these boards, they are available from Lo-Tech, and I simply sourced the parts and assembled and tested them so I don't know everything about them.  I don't know any more than their site reveals, so I won't be able to get any deeper than that.  :-)

Please pay within 7 days of winning a bid. If not the item will be re-listed and you will be reported to ebay as non-payment. If the item must be returned the buyer is responsible for return shipping.

Will ship outside of the US, but no returns will be accepted from foreign customers.

I will accept returns from US customers for 14 days and only if the item is damaged in shipping or not working as advertised. Buyer pays return shipping if a refund is requested.  We are now using warranty stickers on our vintage warrantied equipment.  All equipment is tested, and sold as working unless otherwise noted, and unfortunately, I have had tampered returns.  As a result, I cannot accept any return unless the warranty stickers are in-tact on the items. 

Please ask any questions you have before bidding, I do my best to represent the items I list correctly and don't want anyone, myself included, to have any surprises.

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