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Would this CF card work with A590 XT interface?
« on: September 16, 2007, 08:33:26 PM »
8/16-bit 8GB IDE CF card

According to the information in the auction, this card can work in 8-bit mode.  The XT interface on the A590 is (from my understanding) essentially an 8-bit IDE interface.  Would this card work?

I may just buy one to see for myself.  I'd assume a few things:

1) The XT interface would tell the card to work in 8-bit mode
2) The XT interface in concert with the CF/IDE adapter asserts the right signals
3) The XT interface has the latest ROM to support the large size of the card
4) The A590 I have in my possession actually works
 

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Re: Would this CF card work with A590 XT interface?
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2007, 02:41:59 PM »
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No, XT IDE isn't compatible with 16 bit IDE.


Then it's a good thing that this card supposedly will work in an 8-bit mode, as per my original post and the item description.
 

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Re: Would this CF card work with A590 XT interface?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2007, 07:15:56 PM »
Yeah, Tahoe made a good point about the CF vs IDE thing.  I'm probably just fishing for a reason to buy the 8GB CF card :)  Could use it to replace the 4GB in my 1200 instead...