On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 16:39, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
> 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/>.

After a bit more research, I found out the same information.  For anyone
who wants more information, just google for "cf_ide.pdf".  It has all
the pinout information as published by sandisk.

Hyrum


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