Re: cf card to ide adaptor will it work via vulcan controller?

[Mark McDougall <markm@vl.com.au>]

mr. brad wrote:

> anyway....the link is below it is like 99c for one and like around $6 to 
> ship it..but what i was wondering is...could this be used on the end of a 
> vulcan internal card for the // line with a standard ide cable..i have a 
> vulcan card but no
> hd with it...i think? gse-reactive.com has an adaptor that does the same..

The adapter itself is little more that a wiring harness (with a few
power-conditioning caps). CompactFlash cards operate in "TrueIDE" mode
by default on power-up, which means they operate exactly as IDE drives
would. So you should be able to use them to replace *any* IDE hard drive.

I can't speak for your specific application as I know nothing about the
vulcan - though if it uses an IDE drive 'nicely' I wouldn't think you
should have any problems.

The GSE adapter is both controller and CF adaptor in one, in effect
replacing the vulcan plus hard drive.

Regards,

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Mark McDougall, Engineer
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