SCSI to IDE -> IDE to CF

I'm brainstorming here. I picked up a IDE to CF adapter for cheap a while back (like literally 3 bucks on Amazon) because I thought I needed it to recover data from a CF card I used on a MPC 1000 (CF reader broke, busted pins). Anyway I'm wondering if it might be possible to open up the 2KXL and use this with some kind of SCSI to IDE bridge. I already have an IDE CF drive (non-hot swappable) limited to 1 GB on OS 1.2 which is fine, can easily take it out and pop it into a CF to USB adapter to save projects on a computer. But, having a second 1 GB inside the machine might be dope too. Have all my library samples saved in there and have all working projects saved on the removable CF drive. This seems unorthodox given all the back posts I've been reading but theoretically possible, given that I can somehow mount that inside the XL?

Hmm, this might be a dumb/expensive idea, even if it did work.

I have wondered about this sorta thing before.
Only concern I can see is whether the power supply can handle both drives at once,
Otherwise it sounds werth trying

*Pilchard* wrote:I have wondered about this sorta thing before.
Only concern I can see is whether the power supply can handle both drives at once,
Otherwise it sounds werth trying

The power supply should be able to handle both drives. Both drives will mostly likely require 5V so both drives must be wired in 'parallel'. If not sure then do a search on what a parallel circuit looks like. Basic Electronic Theory 101.

|--------------|-----------------|
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5V Drive 1 Drive 2 Each drive has 5V to power up.
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|--------------|-----------------|

The beauty of the 'parallel' circuit is that if one drive fails, then the other drive is not affected.

It will work because I did this to one of my MPC2000XL samplers about a year back before selling it. It worked nicely before I got my hands on a hot-swap scsi card reader.

Peace.