#VCFMW I've decided to go all in - I'll have more IBM systems available this Saturday and Sunday. The highlight being my tricked out IBM PC/AT 5170 3.8MB ram, 80MB XTIDE, 1.22 and 1.44MB floppy drives, Model M keyboard of course. MSDOS & Windows 3. Come to tables B101/B102 to see
September 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
#VCFMW I've decided to go all in - I'll have more IBM systems available this Saturday and Sunday. The highlight being my tricked out IBM PC/AT 5170 3.8MB ram, 80MB XTIDE, 1.22 and 1.44MB floppy drives, Model M keyboard of course. MSDOS & Windows 3. Come to tables B101/B102 to see
AAPRO XT-IDE Kit Gives the Amiga A2386 Faster Storage
#Amiga #AmigaA2386 #GadgetUK #XTIDE #AAPRO #CompactFlash #RetroComputing #RetroPC #AmigaHardware #DOS
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#Amiga #AmigaA2386 #GadgetUK #XTIDE #AAPRO #CompactFlash #RetroComputing #RetroPC #AmigaHardware #DOS
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AAPRO XT-IDE Kit Gives the Amiga A2386 Faster Storage - The Oasis BBS
GadgetUK builds the AAPRO XT-IDE Kit, tests it with an Amiga A2386, and reaches more than 300 KB/s using CompactFlash storage in testing.
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August 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
AAPRO XT-IDE Kit Gives the Amiga A2386 Faster Storage
#Amiga #AmigaA2386 #GadgetUK #XTIDE #AAPRO #CompactFlash #RetroComputing #RetroPC #AmigaHardware #DOS
theoasisbbs.com/aapro-xt-ide...
#Amiga #AmigaA2386 #GadgetUK #XTIDE #AAPRO #CompactFlash #RetroComputing #RetroPC #AmigaHardware #DOS
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Available on SmallRun — Glitch Works XT-IDE rev 4B by Glitch Works Hobbyist Sales. → https://smallrun.net/shop/glitchwrks/gw-xtide-4b
August 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Available on SmallRun — Glitch Works XT-IDE rev 4B by Glitch Works Hobbyist Sales. → https://smallrun.net/shop/glitchwrks/gw-xtide-4b
XTIDE is one of the best projects ever for retro PCs. Being able to use high capacity disks in anything from an IBM XT up to Pentium 2/3 era systems is amazing, with little to no modification to the system depending on how you install (I boot it from a Gotek floppy emulator using optromloader).
January 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
XTIDE is one of the best projects ever for retro PCs. Being able to use high capacity disks in anything from an IBM XT up to Pentium 2/3 era systems is amazing, with little to no modification to the system depending on how you install (I boot it from a Gotek floppy emulator using optromloader).
Interfacing Xtide with #rstats http://lukemiller.org/index.php/2013/05/interfacing-xtide-and-r/ #marinenerds #DeepSN
Interfacing XTide and R – lukemiller.org
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November 29, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Interfacing Xtide with #rstats http://lukemiller.org/index.php/2013/05/interfacing-xtide-and-r/ #marinenerds #DeepSN
A viewer shared this handy script for inserting an option ROM BIOS (like XTIDE) into the free space that might exist inside the ROM BIOS on a motherboard. (Especially in 286 and 386 boards.)
Clever!
github.com/Sebastian-gt...
Clever!
github.com/Sebastian-gt...
GitHub - Sebastian-gthb/insert-OptROM-into-BIOS: This Python code insert a Option ROM into a empty space on a BIOS ROM
This Python code insert a Option ROM into a empty space on a BIOS ROM - Sebastian-gthb/insert-OptROM-into-BIOS
github.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A viewer shared this handy script for inserting an option ROM BIOS (like XTIDE) into the free space that might exist inside the ROM BIOS on a motherboard. (Especially in 286 and 386 boards.)
Clever!
github.com/Sebastian-gt...
Clever!
github.com/Sebastian-gt...
bon ca avance ! xtide ça peut se charge depuis une disquette ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rupZ...
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
bon ca avance ! xtide ça peut se charge depuis une disquette ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rupZ...
My IBM ValuePoint 425SX/S (upgraded to DX2/66) had a 500 MB partition limitation in its stock BIOS. I was rocking it with a 320 MB hard disk and 512 MB CF 2nd.
@bigbadbiologist.bsky.social was super generous to prep and gift me a 3COM nic card with a custom XTIDE bios to break that barrier away.
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@bigbadbiologist.bsky.social was super generous to prep and gift me a 3COM nic card with a custom XTIDE bios to break that barrier away.
1/2
March 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
My IBM ValuePoint 425SX/S (upgraded to DX2/66) had a 500 MB partition limitation in its stock BIOS. I was rocking it with a 320 MB hard disk and 512 MB CF 2nd.
@bigbadbiologist.bsky.social was super generous to prep and gift me a 3COM nic card with a custom XTIDE bios to break that barrier away.
1/2
@bigbadbiologist.bsky.social was super generous to prep and gift me a 3COM nic card with a custom XTIDE bios to break that barrier away.
1/2
For those going to VCF SoCal next month: is anyone bringing a PC with an XTIDE or some other CF card adapter? If anyone is I can bring down a disk with some pretty cursed software on it. Let me know.
January 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
For those going to VCF SoCal next month: is anyone bringing a PC with an XTIDE or some other CF card adapter? If anyone is I can bring down a disk with some pretty cursed software on it. Let me know.
Tried setting up a 4.77MHz IBM 5150 in 86Box and it hallucinated having no drives and crashed any time I tried running anything past DOS 3.1 on it
Swapped to an XT with an XTIDE and a 20MB hard drive and that worked
tried installing a CD-ROM and the driver crashed the fucking machine
Swapped to an XT with an XTIDE and a 20MB hard drive and that worked
tried installing a CD-ROM and the driver crashed the fucking machine
September 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Tried setting up a 4.77MHz IBM 5150 in 86Box and it hallucinated having no drives and crashed any time I tried running anything past DOS 3.1 on it
Swapped to an XT with an XTIDE and a 20MB hard drive and that worked
tried installing a CD-ROM and the driver crashed the fucking machine
Swapped to an XT with an XTIDE and a 20MB hard drive and that worked
tried installing a CD-ROM and the driver crashed the fucking machine
* Bought and used an EEPROM burner for the first time
* Assembled some XTIDE boards for various pcs
* Assembled some VersaZIF boards for various C64 carts
* Upgraded the BIOS of an Acer Aspire One desktop to fix some weirdness/lockups with the XTIDE boards
* Installed a PicoGUS in a 486 PC
* Assembled some XTIDE boards for various pcs
* Assembled some VersaZIF boards for various C64 carts
* Upgraded the BIOS of an Acer Aspire One desktop to fix some weirdness/lockups with the XTIDE boards
* Installed a PicoGUS in a 486 PC
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
* Bought and used an EEPROM burner for the first time
* Assembled some XTIDE boards for various pcs
* Assembled some VersaZIF boards for various C64 carts
* Upgraded the BIOS of an Acer Aspire One desktop to fix some weirdness/lockups with the XTIDE boards
* Installed a PicoGUS in a 486 PC
* Assembled some XTIDE boards for various pcs
* Assembled some VersaZIF boards for various C64 carts
* Upgraded the BIOS of an Acer Aspire One desktop to fix some weirdness/lockups with the XTIDE boards
* Installed a PicoGUS in a 486 PC
Had this discussion with UK Hydrographic Office when they stopped allowing use of data for XTide etc. Ended up pointing out that someone else would doubtless fill the gap, which no doubt they had a laugh at at the time. Oh look, XTide now has UK data again, and not from UKHO...
February 21, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Had this discussion with UK Hydrographic Office when they stopped allowing use of data for XTide etc. Ended up pointing out that someone else would doubtless fill the gap, which no doubt they had a laugh at at the time. Oh look, XTide now has UK data again, and not from UKHO...
Using an XTIDE, the original zip drives support true IDE, the only caveat is that you have to reboot to swap disks. Not really an issue though because the disk in this is basically acting as the HDD
December 17, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Using an XTIDE, the original zip drives support true IDE, the only caveat is that you have to reboot to swap disks. Not really an issue though because the disk in this is basically acting as the HDD
Sip , con una XTIDE , pero con el monitor MDA , tengo q buscar un CGA .
July 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sip , con una XTIDE , pero con el monitor MDA , tengo q buscar un CGA .
😍 T1100 or T1200? Like, I get it, computers like that are "boring" but I love them so much. I have a Tandy 1400 that I built an XTIDE card for its custom expansion slot but it needs some case work. Something about these old half-clamshell laptops is so satisfying.
March 30, 2026 at 12:31 AM
😍 T1100 or T1200? Like, I get it, computers like that are "boring" but I love them so much. I have a Tandy 1400 that I built an XTIDE card for its custom expansion slot but it needs some case work. Something about these old half-clamshell laptops is so satisfying.
Very similar! That one is a little bit newer though. BTW, How did you get teh XTIDE bios on there?
April 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Very similar! That one is a little bit newer though. BTW, How did you get teh XTIDE bios on there?
they exist minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/variat...
minuszerodegrees.net
minuszerodegrees.net
July 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
they exist minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/variat...
I was able to resolve the BIOS checksum error by installing a battery.
It will boot from XTIDE if the HD CMOS settings are blank, if present, it will try to use the on board controller. Floppies work with an ISA controller, but oddly it goes into a boot loop when I try booting from the floppy.
It will boot from XTIDE if the HD CMOS settings are blank, if present, it will try to use the on board controller. Floppies work with an ISA controller, but oddly it goes into a boot loop when I try booting from the floppy.
June 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I was able to resolve the BIOS checksum error by installing a battery.
It will boot from XTIDE if the HD CMOS settings are blank, if present, it will try to use the on board controller. Floppies work with an ISA controller, but oddly it goes into a boot loop when I try booting from the floppy.
It will boot from XTIDE if the HD CMOS settings are blank, if present, it will try to use the on board controller. Floppies work with an ISA controller, but oddly it goes into a boot loop when I try booting from the floppy.
The long-suffering Wang EXEC 386 ( 3131) is working with an XTIDE and Sergey Kiselev’s floppy BIOS, but the onboard floppy and IDE are still a mess.
The system BIOS reports a checksum error, so that could be an issue, but the only copy of the BIOS I can find online is the one I uploaded.
The system BIOS reports a checksum error, so that could be an issue, but the only copy of the BIOS I can find online is the one I uploaded.
May 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The long-suffering Wang EXEC 386 ( 3131) is working with an XTIDE and Sergey Kiselev’s floppy BIOS, but the onboard floppy and IDE are still a mess.
The system BIOS reports a checksum error, so that could be an issue, but the only copy of the BIOS I can find online is the one I uploaded.
The system BIOS reports a checksum error, so that could be an issue, but the only copy of the BIOS I can find online is the one I uploaded.
Update on the Tandy 1400 FD. Managed to get the CF card adapter from Tex Elec to work. Didn't work out of box, BIOS didn't load the option rom it shipped with. Flashed the updated XTIDE BIOS and worked perfectly now!
March 8, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Update on the Tandy 1400 FD. Managed to get the CF card adapter from Tex Elec to work. Didn't work out of box, BIOS didn't load the option rom it shipped with. Flashed the updated XTIDE BIOS and worked perfectly now!
I have several different one, it likes none of them out of the box. It's in the weird 386 not quite standard IDE era. I think XTIDE may work, but I gotta figure that out.
April 29, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I have several different one, it likes none of them out of the box. It's in the weird 386 not quite standard IDE era. I think XTIDE may work, but I gotta figure that out.
Follow up to this, the toolchain's output is now validated by a GitHub action. Hopefully this provides confidence!
github.com/RetroSwimAU/... (requires being logged in to github)
The process takes the 'checksum' build output, boots ide_386.bin in QEMU, and OCRs a screenshot to validate output.
github.com/RetroSwimAU/... (requires being logged in to github)
The process takes the 'checksum' build output, boots ide_386.bin in QEMU, and OCRs a screenshot to validate output.
January 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Follow up to this, the toolchain's output is now validated by a GitHub action. Hopefully this provides confidence!
github.com/RetroSwimAU/... (requires being logged in to github)
The process takes the 'checksum' build output, boots ide_386.bin in QEMU, and OCRs a screenshot to validate output.
github.com/RetroSwimAU/... (requires being logged in to github)
The process takes the 'checksum' build output, boots ide_386.bin in QEMU, and OCRs a screenshot to validate output.
Hello retro computer friends!
If you have needed to build XTIDE Universal BIOS for some reason (e.g. a custom build to disable certain features) you probably found it a bit involved.
I've built a Dockerfile+script bundle to make it a 1-step operation.
1/2
github.com/RetroSwimAU/...
If you have needed to build XTIDE Universal BIOS for some reason (e.g. a custom build to disable certain features) you probably found it a bit involved.
I've built a Dockerfile+script bundle to make it a 1-step operation.
1/2
github.com/RetroSwimAU/...
GitHub - RetroSwimAU/xtidebuilder: Streamlined Builder for XTIDE Universal BIOS
Streamlined Builder for XTIDE Universal BIOS. Contribute to RetroSwimAU/xtidebuilder development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hello retro computer friends!
If you have needed to build XTIDE Universal BIOS for some reason (e.g. a custom build to disable certain features) you probably found it a bit involved.
I've built a Dockerfile+script bundle to make it a 1-step operation.
1/2
github.com/RetroSwimAU/...
If you have needed to build XTIDE Universal BIOS for some reason (e.g. a custom build to disable certain features) you probably found it a bit involved.
I've built a Dockerfile+script bundle to make it a 1-step operation.
1/2
github.com/RetroSwimAU/...
Some project boards from JLCPCB arrived. Something to do on long rainy weekend.
#retrocomputing #jlcpcb #xtide
#retrocomputing #jlcpcb #xtide
May 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Some project boards from JLCPCB arrived. Something to do on long rainy weekend.
#retrocomputing #jlcpcb #xtide
#retrocomputing #jlcpcb #xtide