At 09:18 �� 12/1/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hi Phoebus, > > >I secured a batch of 50 IDE compact flash adapters for 15.99$ each (+ s/h). > >(about 17 Eur)These are not hot swapable (the hot swapable ones will go for > >about double the price) but they can accept huge CF cards and even IBM > >Microdrives (hehe the Irony of the thing). They work right out of the box > >with ANY QL with IDE i/f (Qubide/Qubide II, Q40/60) and if I receive enough > >mail I could order them and pass them at no extra cost to anyone that wants > >one. I got three myself (well two since one goes for QL development > >purposes) and they are great and extremely fast. > >Thanks a lot for looking around. > >But have you actually tested them with Q40/Q60 ??? > >I tried some (which were about the same price region as yours) and they did >*not* work with Q40/Q60, while more expensive ones (had nice LEDs and 3.5" >case) worked. Still had no time to figure out, why.
They are the expensive ones... 3.5" drive enclosure, Leds and master slave switches ;-) I was just discussing with Derek and he would like to test them on the Q60. >Peter
