IDC50 to DB25

[lauri.lotvonen]

I think a buffered 4-way IDE adapter (with relevant software) would likely be the best option. You might then fit a slimline CD/DVD drive internally in the A1200 (they are incredibly cheap these days - you might even get given one for free by some kind soul), and you also get the ability to add other IDE devices if you want.

Would a laptop cd-drive do the job, I have plenty lying around somewhere..?
And for the IDE adapter, this one : http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=42&products_id=532

BTW,thanks a lot you all have been very helpfull !

[kickstart]

For use two dispositives, like hd+cdrom or cf+cdrom, use the native ide interface of the a1200, just only need a 2,5 to 3,5 cable, its cheaper and runs fine.

[lauri.lotvonen]

For use two dispositives, like hd+cdrom or cf+cdrom, use the native ide interface of the a1200, just only need a 2,5 to 3,5 cable, its cheaper and runs fine.

Is this what you mean : http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=438 ?

I found this from my old Compaq Desktop Pro :

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http://pho.to/get-shared-image/DB12DD72-64AB-17F4-71D5-B9EF56030F1D.jpg

But there is no power cable going to the cd-drive, is it powered trough the IDE cable ? This drive would really fit my miggy, as it's the same colour and all :lol:

[meega]

The internal IDE header of the A1200 can provide about 1 amp of 5V, not much more. I have a 2006 manufactured slim optical drive here that takes 1500mA of 5V, I wouldn't be happy running that without separate power... and I certainly wouldn't run it at the same time as a 2.5" hard disk that is powered through the same 44-way cable.

Does the label tell you what the power requirements are?

[lauri.lotvonen]

The internal IDE header of the A1200 can provide about 1 amp of 5V, not much more. I have a 2006 manufactured slim optical drive here that takes 1500mA of 5V, I wouldn't be happy running that without separate power... and I certainly wouldn't run it at the same time as a 2.5" hard disk that is powered through the same 44-way cable.

Does the label tell you what the power requirements are?

My drive is manufactured in 1999, but the power requirements are the same as yours: 5V DC , 1.5A = 1500mA. How did you power yours ? And yes, I have a CF hard drive going trough same time... I assumed that if the cd-drive worked on my Compaq without a separate power, it would work with my Amy. Wow im getting stupid :roflmao:

Opened my A1200 and found that there is a 2,5 44pin to 3,5 40pin adapter installed, since I have a CF hard drive, now I just need a 40pin female to 2xmale ide cable, is there such a thing? so my configuration would be : from 44pin to adapter, from adapter to CF and CD-drive.

[meega]

I didn't say I was using it - I said I have one here... it's on a shelf with other bits waiting for me to hack the case.  :hammer:

If I want to use SCSI/CD directly with my A1200 then at the moment I plug in a Squirrel and use a proper 50-way Centronics interfaced external cased drive (which has its own internal 240V mains supply). I don't want to draw 12-15W through the A1200 IDE header.

You can ignore the power used by the CF card, so you have 5-6W available through the header. My normal hard drive uses 0.7A (3.5W) which is just dandy, but I have an old Hitachi 1GB 2.5" hard drive that does work from the A1200 44-way, it uses 1.2A (6W) - that's the limit in my opinion. Whether you want to try 7.5W of CD is entirely up to you - I won't do it.

You might try tapping 5V from the floppy drive power header - it's largely idle in a hard drive or CF based system, and you probably won't be using floppy and CD at the same time very often.