CF card as hard drive?

[Dr_Righteous]

As one of the first people to try this on the Amiga, I'm very much a proponent for doing so, I have to say it works very well. I use it in my A4000D. The trick is to use the fastest CF card you can get to take full advantage of the solid state nature of it. Access times are where you'll find the bigest boost.

I don't however recommend using microdrives, as this negates the advantage of being solid state. Me myself personally I use it strictly as my workbench drive, shaving off some boot time.

Oh, and no drivers are needed, as CF is IDE by design. Use it like you would any IDE hard drive. And of course, never try hot swaping it.

[Dr_Righteous]

adonay wrote:
hmm i just want to know why CF cards!! You get 1.8" hd drives theese days for better pris than a 4GIG!!!

Size and capacity aren't the issue, speed is. Anything over 1GB is going to be a microdrive and negates the whole idea. It must be solid state to achieve any speed advantage.

[Dr_Righteous]

@Dr_Righteous

Nope.............they have 4Gig CF cards now with no moving parts.............and I actually think they are upto 9Gig CF cards (Not MicroDrives with moving parts)

Very expensive though.

DAMN! That's just EVIL! I hadn't looked online... Just what I'd seen in the stores... Fry's, Microcenter, CompUSA, etc. I wonder what speeds these puppies run at  :-D

*update* 8GB @ 80X?! *pass out*