Flash IDE Drive for cheap-ish

[nyteschayde]

I realize this may have been covered before but I was mucking around with my A4000D and realized many of the space issues in there were driving me bonkers. So I did a search and found these. Has anybody tried this? Does it work in an A4000D?

Flash ATA Interface:
http://www.acscontrol.com/Index_ACS.asp?Page=/Pages/Products/CompactFlash/IDE_To_CF_Adapter.htm

DMA Supported Flash Disks are
[SUPPORTS DMA when used with SANDISK SDCFB-xxx-201-xx cards!]
1GB SanDisk Flash Disk
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820171073&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch&ATT=Flash+Card+Memory

[nyteschayde]

Here is another CF->IDE converter that supports all types of flash memory including Sony Memory Sticks. This may be better if it works. But it does seem larger than the original and may be harder to stash inside the miggy.

http://www.amtron.com/reader/iisdmc.htm

[patrik]

@nyteschayde:

Two tips that should solve most of your space issues.

- Get a large (capacity) enough harddrive so you only need one harddrive.

- If you have a cd, replace it with a new short one (most new ones are just 17cm deep, but check the model you are considering before buying).

Btw, those flash-adapters should fit fine in the 3.5" slot under the diskdrive if you have an A4000 with a normal sized diskdrive - in other words not like mine which has an A2000 sized diskdrive. If you too would have such one, only slim 3.5" units will fit unless you replace the diskdrive or do some metalwork on the first unit you posted, as in that case only the front is the issue.


/Patrik