20 September 2009, 08:33 | #1 |
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Will the X-Surf's IDE controller work with CompactFlash cards?
I tried attaching a CompactFlash reader to mine and I can't seem to get anything to show up.
I tried inserting a card while the machine was on (since CF cards are hot-swappable) and it froze, but apart from that it just doesn't see anything. Has anyone had better luck? |
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He only needs someone to test it. See this thread http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=47196 |
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20 September 2009, 21:30 | #5 |
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The patch makes some cards work (but not others), which is interesting. All cards show up on the desktop, but only some can be formatted. All in all it's quite an improvement.
They mount automatically, and they show up as PC4/DF4 under trackdisk.device. I only have two CompactFlash cards to test, one is 512MB (doesn't work) and one is 16MB (works). Both are Kingston brand. Last edited by papa_november; 20 September 2009 at 22:59. |
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I've just had another quick look at the XSurf driver, and it looks like it sets all units to 'auto-detect' .. hmm. Luckily it looks like it takes the same prefs format as IDEFix, so it should be pretty easy to make a small app to insert the prefs into the XSurf+Buddha drivers. I'll have another look later on this week when I get a bit of time. |
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