3 Dec
2010
3 Dec
'10
5:08 p.m.
On 12/2/2010 1:28 AM, Teo Zenios wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "joe lobocki" <jlobocki at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI to IDE
I believe if the appropriate pin is grounded on power up, the CF card
interface is exactly an IDE interface. In this mode the adapter is just
a couple of connectors and a bunch of conductors - usually etch of
course. Thus the adapter is really just compensating for the connector
differences. I think that is why they are relatively inexpensive.
You're right about SD cards replacing CF. Not too long back I bought a
good sized CF card for my still very serviceable Canon G3 camera since I
fear the CF cards will shortly become more difficult to find.
SD cards are attractive in many ways. For one thing, they can be
accessed via an SPI interface which saves some I/O pins on that end.
Since I really know nothing about SCSI, I don't know if that is a good
approach for a SCSI/SD adapter or not. I wonder if there are any real
time requirements in a SCSI interface that would be impacted by talking
to the SD card in a bit serial fashion.
Later,
Charlie C.
Well alright then, if its just a flame war I wont
bother bringing it
up. Just thought it would be an interesting idea, a way to keep the
machines running in the future with a cheap media when scsi becomes
unavailable or too expensive because of its rarity.
Anyone who has come up with ideas, i'd encourage you to move forward
with at least a theory or virtual model, if not a physical device.
How hard would it be to make an adapter from SCSI (or laptop IDE) to SD
cards (the ones all these digital cameras use)? I figure there will be
millions of those things in the 256MB to several GB range (perfect for
old systems), they should be fast enough, small enough, and about
worthless plus easy to ship cheaply. People are using IDE to CF adapters
but it seems to be SD is more common and much smaller.