Re: HDD on CF-Slot

i am curious if any of you are aware that this is how the hh.o clusters are setup?
... well almost, they use a PCMCIA IDE converter which is not a far leap to CF
depending on your device.

If France is wandering through the list, maybe he can drop the Manuf and Model
name of the adapter cards.

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:34:45 -0700
Erik Hovland <erik_at_hovland.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 02:18:13PM +0200, Enno Gottox Boland wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I wonder if it is possible to connect an hard disk drive to a compact
> > flash slot.
> > hx4700 uses the ide-module to get access to an Compact flash card. So
> > the software part isn't a problem.
> > Is it theoretical possible to build an adapter, or are there some
> > needed pins dead?
>
> It is electrically possible. The CF interface is electrically compatible
> with IDE. It will be kinda slow in comparison to a real IDE port on a
> host computer. But it is possible. I have no idea if there is the need
> for termination. So I would look over the CF and IDE electrical specs
> pretty carefully.
>
> E
>
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Received on Fri Aug 04 2006 - 12:27:04 EDT