RE: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-12 Thread Christopher Woods
I guess one of these is always useful, does anybody know roughly much they'll cost? I don't have an immediate use for one, but it's something useful to add to the toolkit.

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-11 Thread Mike Holden
john wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? Maybe I should ask over at the normal rockbox mailing list. At least this adapter works with all drives up to the MK8009GAH with the current firmware (rockbox and original firmware) for sure

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-10 Thread Giannis Koutoulakis
Great news! Count me in

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-07 Thread pondlife
I might be interested in one, but I'd first like to hear how well the adapter and drive fit into the H3xx case... Steve Bavin

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-06 Thread Ben Cole
john ruttmannn at gmx.de writes: Hi Linus I am willing to give it a shot. How can I get hold of such an adapter? Excellent. I guess that means it will actually happen to work. Thanks. In that case I would order a couple of adapters (they also have quite high shipping rates) and then

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-06 Thread David Rothenberger
On 1/4/2008 7:22 AM, john wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? Count me in, too. -- David Rothenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] rugged, adj.: Too heavy to lift.

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-06 Thread Jose Celestino
Words by Christopher Woods [Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 04:01:11AM -]: I'm curious, but why would you want a ZIF adapter for the iRiver - for solid state memory? (sorry, I'm in stupid mode tonight so forgive the possibly-obvious question) No. For the hard disks of hp-1x0 and hp-3x0, so that you

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-05 Thread Benjamin Walter
john schrieb: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? John, count me in, please. Thanks, Benjamin

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-05 Thread john
I am willing to give it a shot. Obviously this is not trivial, because not only the firmware, but the bootloader has to be changed, too. But would solve this all problems? For my understanding the USB-ATA bridge works transparently for the USB Master. The host can directly address the hd

IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread john
Hi If you followed the thread you know that I was planning to develop a IDE-ZIF adapter, so that new PATA ZIF drives can be used in old players like the iriver, iaudio and older ipods. A few weeks ago I called a german supplier (ESS Kabel) for ordering the IDE and ZIF connectors. For my surprise

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Linus Nielsen Feltzing
john wrote: Whatever: A fully functional adapter is now available. This means at least two things. Firstly I will no longer try to develop one by myself. Secondly I would like to integrate the special 1k boundary adressing of the MK8009GAH drive into all platforms, that have a PATA connector

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread john
Hi Linus I am willing to give it a shot. How can I get hold of such an adapter? Excellent. I guess that means it will actually happen to work. Thanks. In that case I would order a couple of adapters (they also have quite high shipping rates) and then send you one. Anyone else interested in

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Manuel Dejonghe
On Jan 4, 2008 4:22 PM, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? It's certainly one of the things I'd like to have in my drawer in case of. Count me in, certainly if I can help bringing down the price. ~lImbus

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Hristo Kovachev
I'm in too On Jan 4, 2008 6:02 PM, Manuel Dejonghe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 4, 2008 4:22 PM, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? It's certainly one of the things I'd like to have in my drawer in

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Karl Kurbjun
On Jan 4, 2008 9:02 AM, Manuel Dejonghe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 4, 2008 4:22 PM, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? It's certainly one of the things I'd like to have in my drawer in case of. Count

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Menes
On Jan 4, 2008 10:22 AM, john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? Maybe I should ask over at the normal rockbox mailing list. At least this adapter works with all drives up to the MK8009GAH with the current firmware

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread victor rajewski
john schrieb: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? Me too Vik

Re: IDE to ZIF adapter available, Iriver with 80GB MK8009GAH

2008-01-04 Thread Andreas Stemmer
john schrieb: Anyone else interested in an adapter, so we can save some money with quantity discounts? Yes, I'd take one Andreas