Project: Adding a CF Drive as an Hard Drive to an A500

mfletcher · 02 July 2008, 17:18

Hi,

Has anyone tried modding an A500 to use a CF Hard Drive internally? I know there was a project a while back to add an internal IDE, but I was wondering if anyone had successfully modded their A500 to use a CF card as a Hard Drive, and whether there were instructions as to how to do it?

Thanks,

Mark

Zetr0 · 02 July 2008, 17:38

@mfletcher

Heys there,

technically as long as they have an IDE header, then its as simple as setting it up as a regular hard disk on an A600/A1200

you could use a combination of a SCSI controller with a SCSI to IDE bridge known as an ACARD (you can get these on eBay cheap enough) from this use a regular IDE device on it.

with the above solution, you get the benefit of faster, managed SCSI, with the cheap practability of IDE

a match made in heaven

heres a lucsious linkie for you

TheCorfiot · 02 July 2008, 17:39

If you use the Gayle emulator IDE interface (thread is somewhere on here??)

Don't forget you will need minimum KS of 2.05 (37.350), You need the scsi.device...

TC

frost242 · 02 July 2008, 17:42

Hi mfletcher,

I did it. See my page about my mod and of course this topic on EAB.

Zetr0 · 02 July 2008, 18:15

@Frost242

That is Awesome work sir!!!

frost242 · 02 July 2008, 19:16

Zetro: at the moment, it's just some hack, I have to finish to integrate the CF adapter into the A500 case (sorry, I'll put a hole to extract the CF card). Also to be usable I have to add some extra memory. Anyway, thank you for your comment

rkauer · 02 July 2008, 19:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by frost242

Zetro: at the moment, it's just some hack, I have to finish to integrate the CF adapter into the A500 case (sorry, I'll put a hole to extract the CF card). Also to be usable I have to add some extra memory. Anyway, thank you for your comment

If you want to use a CF on your A500, why not put it in the side expansion hole? No need to chop the case, just use some type of holder for the CD adaptor.

cane · 02 July 2008, 23:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

heres a lucsious linkie for you

Hmm, now I'm tempted to buy it and replace old 40mb scsi hdd with cf in my GVP HD8+. Pretty please don't post such interesting, temping things

...

Zetr0 · 03 July 2008, 00:20

LOL i shall carry a warning on my future posts....

some thing like...

.... hmmm this seems appropriate

however this seems the best

02 July 2008, 17:18	#1
mfletcher Bawbag. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 375	Project: Adding a CF Drive as an Hard Drive to an A500 Hi, Has anyone tried modding an A500 to use a CF Hard Drive internally? I know there was a project a while back to add an internal IDE, but I was wondering if anyone had successfully modded their A500 to use a CF card as a Hard Drive, and whether there were instructions as to how to do it? Thanks, Mark

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02 July 2008, 17:38	#2
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@mfletcher Heys there, technically as long as they have an IDE header, then its as simple as setting it up as a regular hard disk on an A600/A1200 you could use a combination of a SCSI controller with a SCSI to IDE bridge known as an ACARD (you can get these on eBay cheap enough) from this use a regular IDE device on it. with the above solution, you get the benefit of faster, managed SCSI, with the cheap practability of IDE a match made in heaven heres a lucsious linkie for you

02 July 2008, 17:39	#3
TheCorfiot Amibay Senior Staff Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cardiff / Wales Posts: 1,302	If you use the Gayle emulator IDE interface (thread is somewhere on here??) Don't forget you will need minimum KS of 2.05 (37.350), You need the scsi.device... TC

02 July 2008, 17:42	#4
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	Hi mfletcher, I did it. See my page about my mod and of course this topic on EAB.

02 July 2008, 18:15	#5
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Frost242 That is Awesome work sir!!!

02 July 2008, 19:16	#6
frost242 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: France, 87 Age: 44 Posts: 96	Zetro: at the moment, it's just some hack, I have to finish to integrate the CF adapter into the A500 case (sorry, I'll put a hole to extract the CF card). Also to be usable I have to add some extra memory. Anyway, thank you for your comment

03 July 2008, 00:20	#9
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	LOL i shall carry a warning on my future posts.... some thing like... .... hmmm this seems appropriate however this seems the best

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