Original XT-IDE Compatibility Notes

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Compatibility notes for Vintage-Computer XT-IDE Board.

Original Version

This table is reproduced from the Vintage-Computer.com wiki.

Drive MFG Model Capacity Test Machine XTIDE BIOS Master/ Slave/ CS Cable Type Tester OS Tests run
Conner CFA850A 813MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Conner CFS210A 210MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.0 Formatted under Ms-Dos 5.00. It's recognized by bios and works, but I was not able to complete the startup sequence due to serious defects on last disk sectors. But I'm sure it's compatible since it's similar to the CP3201G.
Conner CFS1081A 1GB Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, Format, boot, basic use
Conner CP30061 60MB Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Conner CP3201G 210MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 6.22 Boots and Works. (dos already pre loaded)
Fujitsu MPF3204AT 30GB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 IDentification parameter check only
Fujitsu M2681TAM 270MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.0 Formatted under Ms-Dos 5.00. Boots and Works.
IBM DJAA-31700 1.7GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
IBM DTTA-351680 16.8GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
IBM IC35L040- AVVA07-0 40.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Maxtor 7L250RO 250GB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 IDentification parameter check only
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 6Y080L0 80.0GB PC AT 5170 1.1.4 Master 40 pin snq MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Maxtor 90644D3 6.4GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Maxtor 52049H4 20.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Maxtor 5T030H3 30.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Quantum Fireball SE 4.2GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Quantum Fireball 640AT 640MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.0 Ms-Dos 5.00 pre-loaded. Boots and Works.
Quantum Fireball LCT 08 8.4Gb (CHS 16383-16-63) Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.0 Ms-Dos 5.00 pre-loaded. Boots and Works.
Quantum ProDrive ELS 127AT 127MB IBM PC 5150, Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 FDISK, format, boot, basic use
Quantum ProDrive LPS 52AT 52MB IBM PC 5150, Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 FDISK, format, boot, loaded and ran programs fine
Samsung SV0432A 4.3 Gb Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Samsung SV0644A 6.4 Gb Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Samsung SV2042H 20 Gb Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage (8.4G maximum size of course)
Seagate ST3250823A 250GB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 IDentification parameter check only
Seagate ST310014ACE 10G zenith 8088/486 1.1.4 Master 40 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Seagate ST32122A 2012MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Seagate ST33232A 3227MB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Seagate ST310212A 10.2GB JUKO XT 12MHz 011 Master 80 pin LLE MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Seagate ST38410A 8.4G Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Seagate ST38420A 8.6G Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage, but wrongly seen by Bios as 4GB (if automatic mode is selected). The disk is correctly formatted if I manually force the disks parameters (CHS 16383, 16, 63) in the XTIDE Bios.
Seagate ST3491A 420MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digital Caviar 22500 2559.8MB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digital WD200 20.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digital WD400 40.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digitial Caviar 2120 125MB Leading Edge DC-2011, IBM PC 5150 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digitial Caviar 21200 1222MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digitial Caviar 21000 1033MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Western Digital WD80EB 7632MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Booted. Already fdisk and formatted elsewhere.
Western Digitial 2500JB-00READ 250GB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 IDentification parameter check only
Western Digital Caviar 1210 210MB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 6.22 Ms-Dos 6.22 pre-loaded. Boots and Works.
Quantum LPS170A 170MB IBM PC 5150 (late model) 1.1.4 Master 40 pin Jorg PC DOS 3.3, DR DOS 7.03 boots and works
Samsung SV1203N 120GB IBM PC 5150 (late model) 1.1.4 Master 40 pin Jorg PC DOS 3.3, DR DOS 7.03 Works, sees 8.4 GB
IBM DMCA-21440 (2.5 inch) 1.3GB IBM PC 5150 1.1.5 Master 80 wire Holmes MS-DOS 5.0 FDISK, FORMAT, boot, and general use
Apacer Photo Steno Pro II (100x) CF 256MB Tandy 1000SX 011 Master 80 pin aitotat Tandy DOS 3.2 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Apacer Photo Steno Pro III (88x) CF 512MB Tandy 1000SX 011 Master 80 pin aitotat Tandy DOS 3.2 [b]Only works with 256MB partition (or smaller, likely)[/b]. Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Sandisk SDCFB-32 CF 32MB XT clone v1.1.0 Master 40 pin modem7 MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Sandisk SDCFB-128 CF 128MB zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Sandisk SDCFX-1024 CF 1G 486 011 Slave 40 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 basic usage
Sandisk SDCFX-1024 CF 1G zenith 8088/486 009 Master 80 pin Hargle MS DOS 6.22 Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage
Sandisk SDSDB-1024 BXP 1GB IBM 5155 1.1.5 Master 80 pin ewige PC DOS 3.3 Fdisk, format, boot, gaming
IBM DTLA-305020 15.0GB PC XT 5160 009 Master 80 pin MBBrutman IBM DOS 5 IDs to card but can not FDISK or read using DEBUG; is known good
Apacer CF (no speed rating) 64MB Tandy 1000SX 011 Master 80 pin aitotat Tandy DOS 3.2 format froze at cylinder 488 and head 2
Toshiba MK6014MAP 6007MB 486DX-2/PIII-500 Any Master 40/80 pin Lutiana MS DOS 6.22 Card does not detect the correctly. DOS is unable to do anything with it. is known to be good.
Western Digital Caviar 14300 4.3G Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 6.22 It's not recognized by XT-IDE Bios: it says "not found".
Seagate ST31276A 1.3GB Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.00 Disk can be partitioned and formatted by Ms-Dos 5.00, but it doesn't boot. System locks up at the boot or strange random characters appear.
Maxtor 84320D4 4.3GB IBM PC 5150, Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 FDISK, format seem to work. System freezes at boot attempt or begins boot (showing "Starting MS-DOS"), random characters may appear or screen blanks, system reboots or behaves randomly. not recognized after failed read attempt and warm reboot. Known working. Files written with XTIDE can be read on other systems.
Maxtor 90432D2 4.3GB IBM PC 5150, Leading Edge DC-2011 1.1.5 Master 40 pin RWIndiana MS DOS 6.22 FDISK, format seem to work. System freezes at boot attempt or begins boot (showing "Starting MS-DOS"), random characters may appear or screen blanks, system reboots or behaves randomly. not recognized after failed read attempt and warm reboot. Known working. Files written with XTIDE can be read on other systems.
Seagate ST2383A 94244-383 339.0MB PC XT 5160 RC1 Trying RC2 Master 40 pin K2x4b524[ MS DOS 5 and 6.21 Ideally Fdisk, format, boot, basic usage, however keeps saying missing command interpreter.
Fujitsu MPC3032AT 3.2G Amstrad PC 2086, XT 8MHz 1.1.4 Master 40 pin DavideG MS DOS 5.0 Always recognized as Slave, even if I set the jumpers to the Master mode. The disk was sold as a 2G even though it specs out at 3.2G

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