diff --git a/src/disk/hdc.c b/src/disk/hdc.c
index b7d673bb4..c2a6c8513 100644
--- a/src/disk/hdc.c
+++ b/src/disk/hdc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *		Common code to handle all sorts of disk controllers.
  *
- * Version:	@(#)hdc.c	1.0.7	2017/11/08
+ * Version:	@(#)hdc.c	1.0.8	2017/12/15
  *
  * Authors:	Miran Grca, <mgrca8@gmail.com>
  *		Fred N. van Kempen, <decwiz@yahoo.com>
@@ -94,14 +94,9 @@ static struct {
     { "[ISA] [ESDI] PC/AT ESDI Fixed Disk Adapter",	"esdi_at",
       &esdi_at_wd1007vse1_device,			0		},
 
-#if 0
     { "[ISA] [IDE] PC/AT IDE Adapter",			"ide_isa",
       &ide_isa_device,					0		},
 
-    { "[PCI] [IDE] PCI IDE Adapter",			"ide_pci",
-      &ide_pci_device,					0		},
-#endif
-
     { "[ISA] [IDE] PC/XT XTIDE",			"xtide",
       &xtide_device		,			0		},
 
@@ -117,6 +112,12 @@ static struct {
     { "[MCA] [ESDI] IBM PS/2 ESDI Fixed Disk Adapter","esdi_mca",
       &esdi_ps2_device,					1		},
 
+    { "[PCI] [IDE] PCI IDE Adapter",			"ide_pci",
+      &ide_pci_device,					0		},
+
+    { "[VLB] [IDE] PC/AT IDE Adapter",			"vlb_isa",
+      &ide_vlb_device,					0		},
+
     { "",						"", NULL, 0	}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/disk/hdc.h b/src/disk/hdc.h
index 7a1223a56..92dbcffff 100644
--- a/src/disk/hdc.h
+++ b/src/disk/hdc.h
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
  *
  *		Definitions for the common disk controller handler.
  *
- * Version:	@(#)hdc.h	1.0.3	2017/10/01
+ * Version:	@(#)hdc.h	1.0.4	2017/12/15
  *
  * Authors:	Miran Grca, <mgrca8@gmail.com>
  *		Fred N. van Kempen, <decwiz@yahoo.com>
+ *
  *		Copyright 2016,2017 Miran Grca.
  *		Copyright 2017 Fred N. van Kempen.
  */
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ extern device_t	mfm_at_wd1003_device;		/* mfm_at_wd1003 */
 extern device_t	esdi_at_wd1007vse1_device;	/* esdi_at */
 extern device_t	esdi_ps2_device;		/* esdi_mca */
 
+extern device_t	ide_isa_device;			/* isa_ide */
+extern device_t	ide_pci_device;			/* pci_ide */
+extern device_t	ide_vlb_device;			/* vlb_ide */
+
 extern device_t	xtide_device;			/* xtide_xt */
 extern device_t	xtide_at_device;		/* xtide_at */
 extern device_t	xtide_ps2_device;		/* xtide_ps2 */
diff --git a/src/disk/hdc_ide.c b/src/disk/hdc_ide.c
index eb2228f9d..3c0259abe 100644
--- a/src/disk/hdc_ide.c
+++ b/src/disk/hdc_ide.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *		Implementation of the IDE emulation for hard disks and ATAPI
  *		CD-ROM devices.
  *
- * Version:	@(#)hdc_ide.c	1.0.21	2017/12/09
+ * Version:	@(#)hdc_ide.c	1.0.22	2017/12/15
  *
  * Authors:	Sarah Walker, <http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/>
  *		Miran Grca, <mgrca8@gmail.com>
@@ -2426,3 +2426,72 @@ void secondary_ide_check(void)
 	}
 	if (!secondary_cdroms)  ide_sec_disable();
 }
+
+
+/*
+ * Initialization of standalone IDE controller instance.
+ *
+ * Eventually, we should clean up the whole mess by only
+ * using device_t units, with configuration parameters to
+ * indicate primary/secondary and all that, rather than
+ * keeping a zillion of duplicate functions around.
+ */
+static void *
+ide_sainit(device_t *info)
+{
+    switch(info->local) {
+	case 0:		/* ISA, single-channel */
+		ide_pri_enable();
+		ide_bus_master_read = ide_bus_master_write = NULL;
+		timer_add(ide_callback_pri, &idecallback[0], &idecallback[0],  NULL);
+		break;
+
+	case 1:		/* VLB, single-channel */
+		ide_pri_enable();
+		ide_bus_master_read = ide_bus_master_write = NULL;
+		timer_add(ide_callback_pri, &idecallback[0], &idecallback[0],  NULL);
+		break;
+
+	case 2:		/* PCI, single-channel */
+		ide_pri_enable();
+		timer_add(ide_callback_pri, &idecallback[0], &idecallback[0],  NULL);
+		break;
+    }
+
+    return(info);
+}
+
+
+/* Close a standalone IDE unit. */
+static void
+ide_saclose(void *priv)
+{
+}
+
+
+device_t ide_isa_device = {
+    "ISA PC/AT IDE Controller",
+    DEVICE_ISA | DEVICE_AT,
+    0,
+    ide_sainit, ide_saclose, NULL,
+    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+    NULL
+};
+
+device_t ide_pci_device = {
+    "PCI IDE Controller",
+    DEVICE_PCI | DEVICE_AT,
+    2,
+    ide_sainit, ide_saclose, NULL,
+    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+    NULL
+};
+
+device_t ide_vlb_device = {
+    "VLB IDE Controller",
+    DEVICE_VLB | DEVICE_AT,
+    1,
+    ide_sainit, ide_saclose, NULL,
+    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+    NULL
+};