From a587ace52f1274c52c3f30b0e99c7241daa00857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RichardG867 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:47:14 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Move the LBA Enhancer --- hardware/diskimages.rst | 2 +- settings/peripherals.rst | 6 ++++-- settings/storage.rst | 9 ++------- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/hardware/diskimages.rst b/hardware/diskimages.rst index 814e64b..4d81b39 100644 --- a/hardware/diskimages.rst +++ b/hardware/diskimages.rst @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ There are limits to how big of a hard disk an emulated machine can accept. Such - 16 - 256 -Disk overlay software such as the :ref:`settings/storage:Vision Systems LBA Enhancer` or *Ontrack Disk Manager* can work around BIOS limits and allow booting of larger IDE hard drives, with the same caveats as using such software on a real machine. The maximum supported disk image size for IDE or SCSI is 131071 MB. +Disk overlay software such as the :ref:`Vision Systems LBA Enhancer ` or *Ontrack Disk Manager* can work around BIOS limits and allow booting of larger IDE hard drives, with the same caveats as using such software on a real machine. The maximum supported disk image size for IDE or SCSI is 131071 MB. Floppy disk images ------------------ diff --git a/settings/peripherals.rst b/settings/peripherals.rst index d7e0763..77dc0c0 100644 --- a/settings/peripherals.rst +++ b/settings/peripherals.rst @@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ The memory start address and size for each card can be configured through its re ISA ROM Cards ------------- -Add up to four ROM expansion cards, which can load a BIOS option ROM directly into the emulated machine. +Add up to four ROM expansion cards, which can load a predefined or custom BIOS option ROM directly into the emulated machine. -The ROM file, base address and effective size for each card can be configured through its respective *Configure* button. +The **Vision Systems LBA Enhancer** ROM can help work around the :ref:`hard disk size limits ` on many older machines. Hard disks up to 8055 MB (16367 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors) in size are supported; they must be manually configured to **8 cylinders, 8 heads and 8 sectors** on the machine's BIOS setup utility for the Enhancer to handle them. + +The base address for each card, as well as the ROM file and size for a generic card, can be configured through its respective *Configure* button. ISABugger --------- diff --git a/settings/storage.rst b/settings/storage.rst index 91ebd6b..00e216b 100644 --- a/settings/storage.rst +++ b/settings/storage.rst @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ 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 :ref:`Other peripherals page `. + HD Controller ------------- @@ -39,10 +41,3 @@ Cassette -------- Enable IBM cassette tape emulation. Only available on machines with a cassette port. The cassette deck can be controlled through the :ref:`status bar ` or :ref:`Media menu `. - -Vision Systems LBA Enhancer ---------------------------- - -Add an IDE Enhancer option ROM card, which can help work around the :ref:`hard disk size limits ` on many older machines. Hard disks up to 8055 MB (16367 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors) in size are supported; they must be manually configured to **8 cylinders, 8 heads and 8 sectors** on the machine's BIOS setup utility for the Enhancer to handle them. - -The BIOS option ROM address used can be configured through the *Settings* button.