On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 14:01, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 13:51, Hyrum Wright wrote:
> > I'm trying to build a compact flash to IDE adapter for an embedded
> > application.  Does anybody know how I can get the compact flash card to
> > behave and look like an IDE drive to the system?
> 
> Compact Flash *is* IDE already.  You just need to adapt the pinout.  You
> can buy such an adapter, or just get lots of little wires to connect the
> thing to an IDE cable.  My bet is to go buy a simple adapter (much like
> the 2.5" to 3.5" ide adapters).

Hmm, guess I was wrong... but it's not really just IDE from what I can
tell. It /is/, however, PCMCIA and PCMCIA is mostly just ATA. I feel a
little confused. Anyway you can download the spec from
<http://www.compactflash.org/>.


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