[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] SCSI trouble > now NITROS9? and the need for storage

[Mark Marlette]

Gene,

Can you please provide your ide<->cf source for $3?

Thanks,

Mark


Quoting Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>:

> On Friday 25 May 2007, Joel Ewy wrote:
>> George's Coco Address wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> THE NEED FOR STORAGE...
>>>
>>> Well, I've been thinking that if we had a SCSI adapter to read and
>>> write to one of those memory sticks, or XD or whatever, it would be
>>> pretty cool. Then, it would be really fast to save the memory device
>>> to another, more powerful computer and to perhaps a CD.
>>> I think this is already available for IDE systems, but a SCSI adapter
>>> would be good for us "old timers".
>>
>> Allen Huffman mentioned to me that he got an adapter that allows you to
>> use an IDE device on a SCSI bus and intends to use it on his MM/1.  If
>> you can find one of those little jobbies, you should be able to plug an
>> IDE <-> Compact Flash adapter into it, and use a CF card on the IDE
>> bus.  I don't think you could as easily get other types of flash memory
>> cards work on the SCSI bus though.
>>
>> JCE
>>
> The ide<->cf adaptor is about 3 bucks, got 2 of them here, one in an old
> k6-III equipt box is running dd-wrt for a firewall.  No hard drive or floppy
> in the box, nothing but 3 nics.  Best kept secret in router/firewalls ever &
> a good use for an old slow obsolete box.
>
> Go and look for me, the ip is 72.65.70.103, I'm curious to see if you can see
> me.
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> Satire is what closes in New Haven.
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>