{"id":144,"date":"2025-07-23T17:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/?post_type=product&#038;p=144"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:59:02","slug":"xt-ide-hdd-controller","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/?product=xt-ide-hdd-controller","title":{"rendered":"XT-IDE HDD Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The XT-IDE is a solution that allows the use of modern HDDs or SSDs with older BIOS revisions on systems ranging from XT to Pentium-class.<\/p>\n<p>Our version of this adapter comes fully configured and has edge beveling on the connector for easier insertion into the motherboard.<\/p>\n<p>The following options are offered for this product:<\/p>\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong>\u00a0SLOT8 module addition (IBM 5155 PC Portable and 5160 PC\/XT slot 8 &#8211; Add $25)<\/p>\n<p><strong>b)<\/strong> PIN20 5V Support.\u00a0 If you opt for this feature, you gain the ability to connect a CF card straight to the IDE port with an adapter, and you do not need to supply the 5V with a separate cable (but you lose IDE cable keying).\u00a0 <strong>Please indicate in the notes during the checkout process whether you require this feature<\/strong> (By default, this is permanently and irreversibly disabled and you will not be able to add it yourself later because PIN20 will be completely removed).<\/p>\n<p><strong>c)<\/strong>\u00a0Large ROM support &#8211; required for &#8220;L&#8221; suffix pre-programmed ROMs (Add $10)<\/p>\n<p>You may request any of the above options in the review stage during the checkout process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available ROMs to choose from\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;L&#8221; indicates that ROM is also available as a large option with more features &#8212; please specify your requirement at the review stage during checkout)<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>XT(L) &#8211; for 8088 or 8086 machines<br \/>\nXTP(L) &#8211; for NEC V20-based 8088 machines<br \/>\nAT(L) &#8211; for 286-class machines<br \/>\nPS2(L) &#8211; for PS\/2 models<br \/>\n386(L) &#8211; for modern machines &#8211; will work on anything 386 or newer.<\/p>\n<p>The card will ship with the 386 ROM (for 386 to Pentium-class CPUs) if no ROM is specified in the review notes during the checkout process.<\/p>\n<p>The card is shipped with the following configuration:<br \/>\n-Firmware revision 625 (please specify in the checkout notes if you require a specific version)<br \/>\n-IRQ Polling enabled &#8211; set to IRQ14<br \/>\n-EEPROM at 0xD000 and I\/O at 0x300<br \/>\n-Boot to floppy first and then to HDD<br \/>\n-Card set to high-speed mode (700-800KB speed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The XT-IDE is a solution that allows the use of modern HDDs or SSDs with older BIOS revisions on systems ranging from XT to Pentium-class. Our version of this adapter comes fully configured and has edge beveling on the connector for easier insertion into the motherboard. The following options are offered for this product: a)\u00a0SLOT8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":149,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-144","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-isaioadapters","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besdesign.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}