02 July 2008, 17:18 | #1 |
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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 |
02 July 2008, 17:38 | #2 |
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@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 |
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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 |
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02 July 2008, 18:15 | #5 |
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That is Awesome work sir!!! |
02 July 2008, 19:16 | #6 |
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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
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02 July 2008, 19:43 | #7 |
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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.
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03 July 2008, 00:20 | #9 |
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