I AM SEARCHIN: HOT-SWAPPABLE CARD READER FOR AKAI MPC 2000XL

Lampdog wrote:The drive I posted is the site years ago where I bought my mcd drive from, mine is
hot swappable though.

would you sell me your hot-swappable reader ?

You're the man Lampdog, ain't no doubt about it.

We have felt your infinite wisdom once more.

Thank you

F… Cardreader problem
I´m also locking for a CF-cardreader for my good old 2000XL. In Germany, we have Conrad shop for electronic stuff. So I bought this device:

http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/9748 ... AREA_17130

But it doesn´t work! One time, the MPC found the card after booting, I saved a few files on a small 32MB CF-Card, the MPC read them back. But after unplug the card and reboot the MPC, it never worked again. I get some "data read error" messages. After the next boot, the MPC found the card, then again not and so on...

I wonder, if the black version PSI Model: IIC-B (black)

http://www.psism.com/psiiic.htm

will run, because it looks exactly the same as the Conrad device….
any ideas? (after reading a lot in the www, I know about "hot swappable", ATAPI/IDE ect. - the conrad device is not hot swappable).
T.

i'm from germany, too , oder sollte ich besser sagen: ich bin auch aus deutschland .

whatever.

i asked akaipro if they have original mcd drives in stock maybe, and they said i should ask VST.

i askes vst and they said, the haven't got the original mcd drives, but a cf reader which is hot-swappable like the original mcd drive (they haven't it in their online shop, just when u ask via email), with the only difference that it just can read compact flash, not more cards like sd or mmc. cost: 249,95$ + shipping to germany around 30$.

i think i will purchase one. better to pay more for 1 reader which works then buy 10 readers and they dont work.

Lampdog said that the psism.com cf drives do work 100%.

Mr.T. wrote:But after unplug the card and reboot the MPC, it never worked again.

maybe he has unplugged it before shutting mpc down? is that a problem? maybe mpc must be shut down before unplug?!

doesn't matter

i'm not so enjoyed in shutting my mpc down every time to plug & unplug my card

however, for me, 300 bucks for the reader and shipment to germany, is not much money

update:
now it works! the mistake was: I used the wrong CF-card (very old one with only 8MB!).
Yesterday I tested a SanDisk 256MB Card - and it works
But I have to do a "longtime-test" - but it looks good.
19,95 € at Conrad Shop in germany!
Note: it´s not hot-swappable! First, you have to save your work on the MPC, then switch the mpc off before you pull the CF-card out of the reader.
T.

Is possible to use this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-USB-SCSI- ... rhf_shvl_4 ) on MPC 2000XL ?

jahrez wrote:Is possible to use this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-USB-SCSI- ... rhf_shvl_4 ) on MPC 2000XL ?

no

Lord Toranaga wrote:

jahrez wrote:Is possible to use this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-USB-SCSI- ... rhf_shvl_4 ) on MPC 2000XL ?

no

Nein und abermals nein!

I´m searhing a card reader too !! In Spain is very little information about this !

My questions is, if I buy this card reader

http://www.psism.com/psiiic.htm

What accessories I need to install?
and also, if you do not need any software or anything else, to work with Hot-Swappable.

I'm reading a lot of your comments, and I still had these questions ... sometimes from here is a little language problem.

Thanks and I hope your help ...

you have a great forum!

Yo soy mejicano, seo poco espanol,
desculpa me si no entiendes.
Vas a necisitar a instalar el OS V 1.20 primero, lo puedes encontrar en AkaiPro.Com. Lo haces con un Floppy Disk(Disco de plastico)

Y luego debe de ser un jale muy facil, pero si es un machina de othra pais (no del USA) yo creo que vas a necisitar
un 44pin a 40pin convertidor.
No va ser Hot Swappable, pero si trabaja asta un carta de 2 gigs.


Translation:
I am mexican, so I know a little spanish, forgive me if Im difficult to understand.
Your gonna need to install OS1.20 first, you can find it at AkaiPro.com. You install it wth a Floppy Disk(the plastic ones)

Then it should be pretty easy, but if its a foreign machine(not USA specs) I think your gonna need a 44pin to 40 pin converter.
It wont be hot swappable, but it will work with cards up to 2 Gigs.




Please, anybody correct me if im wrong, I dont have one installed on my machine