T-Squared
Veteran Member
All right. I have had success in using XT-IDE on the Compaq Portable III, thanks to a patched BIOS ROM from VOGONS: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=62482
The problem I am having now is that I have a dual-plug cable, but it only reads and accepts one CF card. The other one is read as well, but when I mean that it only accepts one card, I mean it. The other is read at the exact same time, causing a conflict. There are primary/secondary jumper selectors on each CF adapter, but those don't seem to change anything..
Were the Compaq Portable IIIs meant only for one IDE drive? (It seems unlikely, since the SETUP/INSPECT CMOS program indicates that there is a primary and secondary IDE controller.)
The problem I am having now is that I have a dual-plug cable, but it only reads and accepts one CF card. The other one is read as well, but when I mean that it only accepts one card, I mean it. The other is read at the exact same time, causing a conflict. There are primary/secondary jumper selectors on each CF adapter, but those don't seem to change anything..
Were the Compaq Portable IIIs meant only for one IDE drive? (It seems unlikely, since the SETUP/INSPECT CMOS program indicates that there is a primary and secondary IDE controller.)