Hi all,
I'm messing about with an SE/30 just now and wondered if anyone has managed to get compact flash cards working with them instead of hard disks.
I'm using an ACARD AEC-7720U which I managed to find on eBay for about $15 See http://tinyurl.com/2zoekk
And another eBay purchase IDE to Compact Flash adaptor ($5).
And a 4GB Compact Flash card.
The ACARD plugs into the SCSI cable in the Mac and you then plug in an IDE drive or in my case the Compact Flash adaptor. In theory it should all work however it's not for me.
If I plug the Compact Flash adaptor into a PC's IDE cable, it comes up ok as if it were a hard disk. If I plug an old IDE hard disk into the ACARD and the Mac, it sees it as a hard disk. Plugging the Compact Flash adaptor in to the ACARD and the Mac however doesn't work.
Apple's HD SC Setup 7.3.5 (Patched) doesn't see it at all.
SCSI Probe says 'No Data'
FWB Hard Disk Toolbox 2.0.5 says it's of type 'Processor' and won't do anything else.
Storeware 3.0 won't read it.
LaCie SilverLining v5.4 says it's a read only cartridge.
Is there any other software that might see it or is it dependent on the type or size of Compact Flash Card?
System 7.5.5 on the SE/30 btw with 80MB of RAM, Shiva Network card and currently a 1GB SCSI disk that makes the screen wobble a little, hence the search for a less power hungry solution.
I'm messing about with an SE/30 just now and wondered if anyone has managed to get compact flash cards working with them instead of hard disks.
I'm using an ACARD AEC-7720U which I managed to find on eBay for about $15 See http://tinyurl.com/2zoekk
And another eBay purchase IDE to Compact Flash adaptor ($5).
And a 4GB Compact Flash card.
The ACARD plugs into the SCSI cable in the Mac and you then plug in an IDE drive or in my case the Compact Flash adaptor. In theory it should all work however it's not for me.
If I plug the Compact Flash adaptor into a PC's IDE cable, it comes up ok as if it were a hard disk. If I plug an old IDE hard disk into the ACARD and the Mac, it sees it as a hard disk. Plugging the Compact Flash adaptor in to the ACARD and the Mac however doesn't work.
Apple's HD SC Setup 7.3.5 (Patched) doesn't see it at all.
SCSI Probe says 'No Data'
FWB Hard Disk Toolbox 2.0.5 says it's of type 'Processor' and won't do anything else.
Storeware 3.0 won't read it.
LaCie SilverLining v5.4 says it's a read only cartridge.
Is there any other software that might see it or is it dependent on the type or size of Compact Flash Card?
System 7.5.5 on the SE/30 btw with 80MB of RAM, Shiva Network card and currently a 1GB SCSI disk that makes the screen wobble a little, hence the search for a less power hungry solution.