well I THINK it worked. dont really remember well.
this is what I do remember: I connected 4Gb Quantum fireball HDD that was PC formatted to it. But because HDD was full of data, I couldn't format/write anything. So I just used that small program for reading drive information (cyl/sectors IIRC) and Amiga displayed: ..Quantum Fireball.. and I was happy. :-)
(all those time lost making pcb was worth it)
but then I bought A4k and several A2k, and never had time to play with it more. I would like to, in future. All that is needed now is a good case. Also, will standard A500 PSU be enough to power HDD through that BUS?(I used external AT PSU)
I also heared something about BUS noise and that its why it wouldn't work with A1000 :-(
After all the trouble of making that thing, maybe it would be a lot better to buy the real stuff (Alfa power, IIRC). Yes, original IDE controllers for A500 are hard to find and expensiveeee, but they are probably a lot better and have an option of adding RAM. [BTW, there is a VERY complex project on aminet for adding RAM,IDE,KS to A500 by a Russian guy]
Pity noone makes IDE4A500 anymore.
PS. A500 is here not worth much more than 41 AUD..
