> From: Byron A Jeff <byron@GEMINI.CC.GATECH.EDU>
>
> >
> >         I'm using a PIC16c84, and i'm going to need more memory than it
> > offers, I was considering either a floppy drive, zip drive, or something
> > to that extent, the simpler the better, any ideas?
>
> IDE hard drive using Programmed I/O (PIO) to access.
>
> IDE is little more than a simple 16 bit bus implemented using 2 ports.
>

Byron (or anyone): where is a description of the IDE spec?  I have a
few drives lying around and would like to see if it is feasible to
interface them to homebrew systems i.e. non-IBM.

Regards,
SJH
Canberra, Australia