Microdrive... is it an option?

[Brian]

Does anyone here know if it would be possible to connect a 4GB 1" microdrive to the internal IDE of an A600 or A1200 somehow?

If it could be done fairly easy it might be an option for those of us who have added loads of stuff to our modded  bewond recognision machines and are having a hard time fitting a 2.5" harddrive inside. ;-)

The internal IDE controller of an A6/1200 isn't that fast as we all know but what will be the bottle neck, the IDE controller or the drive? Also does it support master&slave?

[Brian]

@Patrik
Sweet but does it support master/slave? I'm going to install a CD in my Black Widow A1200 project at the left side and with the scandoubler underneath it'll be cramped with a 2.5" drive in that end also so I'm looking for options now that my 2.5" drive in that machine has started to show signs of failure and needs changing anyway.

@jaseinblack
No I ment those microdrives that are for digital camcorders etc.

[Brian]

Aaah.. Good.. so the master/slave is set on the converter then?

Do anyone know if those 2 & 4 GB microdrives are slower than the IDE interface or of the interface will be the bottleneck as always?`

Also are the drives silent (can't imagin a drive being too noisy being in a camcorder that records sound aswell but still)?

[Brian]

I'm not concidering a flashcard... I will only have one device and as the flash can't take too many writes I'm taking the microdrive option.

Due to the small size of the microdrive I can secure it in place almost anywhere I want in the machine and since the machine isn't a toss and tumble machine but a custom mod project it'll not be subject for much abuse.

I guess we've come to the clonclusion of this thread that I was looking for, yes the microdrive is an option for me. With that in mind I can always go another road in case I can't find room for a 2.5" IDE drive (I'm currently concidering making a "bigger" custom cradle to make fixingpoints for both the HD and the CD so both can sit horisontal and securelty in the machine).

[Brian]

No, neither do I work in their research department nor am I rich... I was mearly curious if it could be done in case I ran into problems fitting the HD with the CDRom inside the A1200.

[Brian]

Ehm... would it contain the 2 or 4GB disks (won't go for anything less)? I think not but I could be wrong.

[Brian]

A friend of mine is building in an A600 in the glove compartment. :-D