A working Mac SCSI to Compact Flash adapter? — #14

Post #14 by ChristTrekker

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	68k
Post Date	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 - 17:12
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/a-working-mac-scsi-to-compact-flash-adapter.10983/

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I've used various adapters, and although I'm repeating myself it's worth emphasizing: a cheap adapter will likely cause problems with various machines (if connected to a machine's PCMCIA or IDE bus), or will likely cause problems with a SCSI-IDE adapter if connected to one. I've tried many kinds. The only kind which works wherever I connect it and with whichever size newer card I've tried is the Addonics CF to IDE. They're not cheap - I bought mine for about $25 USD apiece - but when you want something to just work, it's worth the price.
Couple that with an Acard SCSI-IDE adapter, and you've got a CF to SCSI which will work with any size modern CF card. It'll be quick, too, as you can see if you search around 68kmla (I posted some benchmark results somewhere a while ago).

John, if you could start a thread with pictures of your setup, and maybe links to some places to source these, maybe a kindly moderator would sticky it for us. I think viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12050&hilit=benchmark&start=50#p123985 is the benchmarks you were referring to. If all this were in one post for reference, or in our wiki, it would be very helpful.