CF SSD Adapter Card Reader

Whats up people,
I am trying to upgrade my mpc2000xl from my 3.5 floppy disk. I found this below to purchase but I wanted to check in with you guys to see if this will work . StarTech.com 3.5-Inch Drive Bay IDE
http://a.co/av7s3pW

dwayne00 wrote:Whats up people,
I am trying to upgrade my mpc2000xl from my 3.5 floppy disk. I found this below to purchase but I wanted to check in with you guys to see if this will work . StarTech.com 3.5-Inch Drive Bay IDE
http://a.co/av7s3pW

Yes, it works with MPC-2000XL. Make sure to use Sandisk brank CF card (otherwise, it may not work.)

I used the same card reader here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140216&start=405

Thanks. Great link. So another question is I see a lot of people saying it's not hot swappable. Is having that option necessary and why would they rather have one that's hot swappable?

If you ask me, it is not that bad at all, especially compared to having to use floppy disks.
If I need to remove CF card from MPC-2000XL, I'd just save the current project on the card, turn off MPC,
remove the card, mount on PC, copy files to the CF card.
Really, personally, I've never felt that I really want to have hot-swappable CF reader.

You just have to make sure that you don't remove card when MPC is on. MPC sees it as internal hard drive.

i have to agree, while the hot swap is nice, i find i am rarely needing to go back and forth between computer and mpc. it also forces you to save more often and that is a good thing.

I agree. I may get some drums off the computer but once I have all I need I'm good to go.

I heard that the mpc will only load a gig compact flash card and nothing larger. Is this true

I believe only 1GB is allowed on that StarTech Drive.
Also... keep in mind you need to have OS1.2 on your 2000XL for that CF drive to work.

Does this mean I can use a card with more than one gig but the mpc will only use one gig of the card?

Yes