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mihcael

17 January 2011 06:29

IDE Interface info needed

I have this interface in my A1200 Tower, i want to move it to my new 1200 desktop.

Just curious what the PCB with the gold sticker is?
And what is the purpose of the cable from going from it to the IDE interface?

http://storage.mikendezign.com/main.jpg

Thanks Mike!

duga	17 January 2011 07:26

IDEFix-Express-adapter. Gives you higher transfer speed than just the IDEFix.

mfilos

17 January 2011 07:27

This interface is the excellent IDEFIX EXPRESS by Individual Computers.
Actually there is a normal Idefix adapter (the one with the buffered IDE interfaces) plus the extra cable that goes to the Gayle adapter (the one with the golden sticker) that is the express adapter.
This really boosts the speed of your IDE drives!

Awesome hardware my friend. I have it too :)

mihcael

17 January 2011 08:38

Excellent!

Do you know if i will need to cut or possibly even remove the metal shielding to fit it?

FOL	17 January 2011 10:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by mihcael (Post 730012)

Excellent!

Do you know if i will need to cut or possibly even remove the metal shielding to fit it?

Yes,

Or shield will short against it.

mihcael

17 January 2011 13:07

Changed it over and working OK.

I removed the whole shield but now find that placing the IDE and CF adapters is going to be more difficult. Think i will cut the shielding above the gayle and leave the rest in place.

Done some testing and there seems to be not much use of IDEFIX express without an accelerator fitted. What would the drive speed be if i got the 1230/56 :)

Code:

           |Cold boot| DH0 speed | ATR WHDload

BASE         | 9.01s | 1,358,259 | 12.07 s

BASE + IDEFIX| 8.79s | 1,492,280 | 12.02 s

ACA 1230/28  | 5.97s | 2,412,368 |  6.62 s

ACA + IDEFIX | 5.96s | 3,727,165 |  6.96 s

Photon

17 January 2011 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by mihcael (Post 730012)

Excellent!

Do you know if i will need to cut or possibly even remove the metal shielding to fit it?

There's no need for that at all, it will fit nicely.

mihcael

20 January 2011 09:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Photon (Post 730077)

There's no need for that at all, it will fit nicely.

Indeed it does! Thanks for the tip! :great

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