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Offline AndyFC

Re: Getting Amiga PCMCIA CF card readers quickly
« on: April 05, 2024, 05:34:13 PM »
I've been looking into the same thing recently as a way to easily transfer files to an A1200. I recently added a new HDD to a stock A1200 and I'd forgotten how limited transfer options were without the proper spare hardware to hand.

Assuming what I've found on Google is correct, the sellers on Amazon are showing pictures of their actual products, and that the products aren't cheap version that don't adhere to the standards,
 - Cardbus cards all have a gold grounding strip at the end that plugs into the device
 - Type I, II and III is shown by the thickness of the card - the Amiga takes Type I or Type II (I have only used Type II, Type I info from here: https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=11272.0 )

One source of info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card  and it's in line with other sources.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.2), OS 3.2.2 with ClassicWB, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU. 3COM PCMCIA Network card running with Miami DX.
MorphOS on PowerMac G5 and ATI 9600 pro
 

Offline AndyFC

Re: Getting Amiga PCMCIA CF card readers quickly
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2024, 01:00:01 PM »
Here's the thread from where I had CF compatability problems. https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=75918.msg856497#msg856497

I ended up chancing this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07C7HVT2T, which has worked perfectly since.

Please share which PCMCIA > CF adapter you got, and if it works. As well as personal interest, it might help others.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.2), OS 3.2.2 with ClassicWB, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU. 3COM PCMCIA Network card running with Miami DX.
MorphOS on PowerMac G5 and ATI 9600 pro