> Hello folks.
>
> I guess if any of you had played with Compact Flash in ATA mode. I'm
> trying to get something out of the beast but with no luck. The aim is to
> have direct I/O on the 18F452 pins: I use PORTC and PORTD for data
> transfer and PORTA+PORTE for controlling /WR /RD A0..2 /CS0..1 plus two
> pins on PORTB for serial bitbanging. I saw there are many project on the
> net, but often based on the 8255 solution and additional logic, no one of
> them showing exactly what the initialization of the ATA device would
> be. In particular, the controller on the disk (or CF) seems not to
> understand even simple commands like "SpinDown" or "identify", also
> if the i/O itself seems to work. Any advice is _really_ apreciated.

        http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/carmon

        While it uses a 16F877 it probably has most of what you would need. TTYL

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