Dual CF - CF to IDE adaptors. Work or no?

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Compared to other portable storage

 

• CF cards are considered more rugged and durable to many "in the  field" photographic shocks, impacts and accidents. CompactFlash cards  are capable of withstanding more physical damage in comparison to other,  flimsier designs.[citation needed]
  

• Due to their compatibility with IDE/ATA they are used in many  embedded systems as solid-state drives. In early 2008 the CFA  demonstrated CompactFlash cards with a built in SATA interface.[33] Several companies make adapters to allow CF cards to be connected to PCI, IDE, 44-pin laptop mini-IDE, and SATA connections,[34] allowing a CF card to act as a solid-state drive with virtually any operating system or BIOS, and even in a RAID configuration.
  

• CompactFlash does not have any built in DRM or cryptographic features like on some USB flash drives  and other card formats. The lack of such features contributes to the  openness of the standard since other memory card standards with such  features are subject to restrictive licensing agreements.[citation needed]
  

• CF cards are available at higher storage capacities than some smaller flash memory cards.

• CompactFlash lacks the mechanical write protection switch that some other devices have, as seen in a comparison of memory cards with exception of industrial CF-card models (AC60 Turbo/ AC73 and AC75 series) made by CoreSolid Storage [1]
  

• In the case of improper insertion, a card can potentially cause  damage to the device receiving the card. However, this rarely happens as  slots are usually designed to prevent this.

• CompactFlash's large dimensions in comparison to other cards limits  its feasibility in very slim devices. The large card slot consumes  devices' valuable internal space, especially in point and shoot  digital cameras. In its favour, a CompactFlash card cannot be lost as  easily as a tiny MicroSD card, and insertion and removal may be easier  with a larger card.