storage_controllers Storage controllers

The Storage controllers page contains settings related to the emulated machine’s disk drive controllers.

Note

The Vision Systems LBA Enhancer previously available here is now an ISA ROM card, which can be enabled through the Other peripherals page.

general_storage_controllers General

Floppy drive controller

Floppy disk drive controller card to emulate. Only cards supported by the machine’s expansion buses will be listed. Click 🅧 to search for cards by name or bus. Selecting a controller is not required, unless you wish to use one of the add-on controllers for adding high-density 1.44M floppy support to XT machines.

The BIOS option ROM address used by the selected controller can be configured through the Configure button.

CD-ROM controller

Standalone CD-ROM controller card to emulate. Only cards supported by the machine’s expansion buses will be listed. Click 🅧 to search for cards by name or bus. These cards provide vendor-specific CD-ROM interfaces beyond ATAPI (IDE) or SCSI.

The I/O port used by the selected controller can be configured through the Configure button.

Hard disk controllers

MFM, RLL, ESDI or IDE hard disk drive controller cards to emulate. Up to 4 controller cards are supported. Only cards supported by the machine’s expansion buses will be listed. Click 🅧 to search for cards by name or bus. On machines equipped with an on-board disk controller, the Internal device option for controller #1 enables the on-board controller; this is not required for machines with on-board IDE.

The Configure buttons open a new window with settings specific to the corresponding controller card, such as the I/O port and IRQ for ISA cards.

Note

The tertiary and quaternary IDE controllers are now selectable here, replacing the previous separate options for each. These controllers are not Plug and Play compliant by default, potentially requiring manual configuration of the emulated operating system, and may not be bootable; see Tertiary and quaternary IDE for more information.

Cassette

Enable IBM cassette tape emulation. Only available on machines with a cassette port. The cassette deck can be controlled through the status bar or Media menu.

scsi_controllers SCSI controllers

SCSI host bus adapter cards to emulate. Up to 4 SCSI cards are supported. Only cards supported by the machine’s expansion buses will be listed. Click 🅧 to search for cards by name or bus.

The Configure buttons open a new window with settings specific to the corresponding SCSI card, such as the I/O port and IRQ for ISA cards.