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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: stefcep2 on February 28, 2010, 04:39:46 AM

Title: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: stefcep2 on February 28, 2010, 04:39:46 AM
Has anyone got a compact flash card and a cd burner to work on the internal IDE connector on an A4000.
Title: Re: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: rkauer on February 28, 2010, 04:46:55 AM
As far as I know, yes.
Title: Re: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: stefcep2 on February 28, 2010, 05:03:16 AM
Quote from: rkauer;545475
As far as I know, yes.

what ide adaptor and flash card was used? Software?
Title: Re: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: spaceman88 on February 28, 2010, 01:53:45 PM
Quote from: stefcep2;545473
Has anyone got a compact flash card and a cd burner to work on the internal IDE connector on an A4000.


Hi, I have a 4000 with a CF and cd burner working together. Although I never tried burning a CD, just use it as a cdrom.
Len
Title: Re: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: stefcep2 on February 28, 2010, 10:42:05 PM
Quote from: spaceman88;545511
Hi, I have a 4000 with a CF and cd burner working together. Although I never tried burning a CD, just use it as a cdrom.
Len


I could never get the compact flash and the cdrom on the same ide cable to boot.

Can you say what brand IDE-CF adaptor and what flash card you used?
Title: Re: A4000, IDE-Compact flash and CD Burner
Post by: spaceman88 on March 01, 2010, 02:11:22 PM
Quote from: stefcep2;545584
I could never get the compact flash and the cdrom on the same ide cable to boot.

Can you say what brand IDE-CF adaptor and what flash card you used?


I mostly use Sandisk cards but in this case I used a Centrios card (Radio Shack, I think), the cdrom is a Matsushita CW-7586-B. The IDE adaptor was $1.00 Ebay special that was made to go into one of the expansion slots of a PC. I couldn't get an IDE cable long enough to reach from the header to the card slots to the CD, so I removed the expansion cover above the header and modified the adapter so it would fit. I had to install the IDE cable backwards to make it reach. The adapter has the name Proconn stamped on it, but that may be just the name of the connector. I'm using IDEFix97 to see the CDROM.